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Short Honeymoon?Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2009, at 12:26 AM
By Charlie Crow
September 7, 2009
"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab," Amazing as it may be, it is possible that President Obama's honeymoon may be the shortest ever afforded a newly-elected President. The wave of good will following his election had the mainstream media and blogosphere going ga-ga over his every move--and their declaration of a "post-racial era" and speculative predictions of the demise of the Republican party were overly optimistic. A month ago there seemed little reason to expect political tides to turn any time soon. No longer. The media now prattle over how many Congressional Democrats could lose seats next year, and speculate on whether Obama will have more than one term. While much of this talk is typical blather from Washington insiders, something important regarding the national temperament is going on out in the countryside that is hard to describe and difficult to measure. The furor generated by the proposals for reforming health care in America seems to be a stalking horse for broader concerns. It is obvious that the President's vaunted political experts failed to anticipate the firestorm generated by opponents of his plan, even though details were lacking. His decision, while well-intended, to let Congress write the legislation instead of offering a series of Obama Administration bills to address the key issues, appears to have been a strategic mistake. The confusion created by the existence of competing and differing bills in both houses was exacerbated by the August Congressional recess, which allowed opponents of change (as well as political mischief-makers) plenty of time to attack from all directions. It appears that the campaign to kill or neuter Obama's plan is taking its toll. It hasn't helped that the Democratic Party, in its customary undisciplined manner, has allowed itself to be divided at both ends of the spectrum, thus fragmenting the President's support and weakening his ability to pass legislation with a unified Democratic congressional majority. The so-called "Blue Dogs," who posture as conservatives, claim to want to balance the federal budget first (and who, oddly enough, appear to be heavily influenced by large contributions from the health insurance industry) and stalled the legislation in the House. The progressive/liberal wing of the party threatens to walk if there is no inclusion of an option that would assure access to health care for everyone through some form of "public option." In the meantime, opponents are having a field day stirring up passions in "town meetings," spooking members of Congress, raising doubts and ranting about imminent socialism, without offering any solutions of their own. In short, the health care reform issue has swarmed on Obama. What is really happening is that this issue has become a lightning rod for channeling a broader public unease--a perception that the government has gotten too large and perhaps can't be trusted--incited by dishonest and disingenuous radical right wing media agitation and Rovian Republican propaganda. It has been easy for opponents to fan the flames of fear and doubt with bald-faced lies and deliberate distortions of fact, to the detriment of a free exchange of ideas. Public perceptions have the tendency to become truisms, often in the absence of factual affirming evidence. But make no mistake--there is indeed a rising tide of doubt linked to broader concerns: The bank bailout feels like a capitulation to Wall Street, and there is still a bank credit crisis. The economic "stimulus" money has been seemingly meted out in dribs and drabs--and its beneficial effect is masked by the fact that much of the money has gone to support projects that were already planned and which would have been postponed. Further unease comes from the gut feeling that the war in Afghanistan is starting to look and feel like Iraq redux. And, while the economy may be in emergent recovery, very few new or reinstated jobs have followed. Worst of all, there is concern that the federal deficit's growth is spinning out of control. Whether these perceptions are justified or not, they stoke the apprehension that the magic bullets are not working, and that things may get worse. Although Obama is making major strides in restoring US credibility overseas, domestic tensions abound, and solutions that sounded so cool and pat during the campaign now are braced by the harsh realities of politics. Thus, a worried public is vulnerable to being stampeded into a fear that the cure may be worse than the disease. Assuredly, these crises were mostly inherited. The causes are complex and bona fide solutions will take years. However, fair or not, enough time has passed that the incumbent must accept ownership. Obama ran a clever campaign on a platform short on specifics and long on posturing as a bold leader. It worked. He rode in on a rising tide of expectations that he would fix the mess left by the cynical dismantlers, political hacks and ideologues who were such poor stewards. Instead of denigrating government, he appealed to the best instincts of Americans to join in service to others, a la JFK. However, it's a whole lot harder to govern than to campaign. Obama had a full plate when he hit the White House, and now he must satisfy the expectations of those who look to him to remedy the many ills of American society. Being accustomed to instant gratification and political flim-flam, the masses may not have the patience to wait long enough for solutions that really solve the problems. It will take more than personal charm and smooth talk. Bitter medicine is still required to effect a cure, and it will take the full measure of Obama's legendary powers of persuasion to convince the public to take it. Obama's leadership skills are now being tested. It is not unfair to ask why, if the health care reform issue was his highest domestic priority, he chose to put its fate in the hands of a divided Congress, even though he had a Democratic majority. Obama now may very well be faced with losing the issue over the potential defection of a significant faction from his own party, depending on the direction he takes. Time will tell, and soon, whether the President can turn this political hornets' nest around. A key indicator will be if Congress comes back and passes a compromise that really makes health care truly available to all without souring those who have pushed for genuine changes. If not, the wolves who already smell blood will close in, the vultures will begin to circle and the all-too-brief honeymoon will have run its course. Charlie Crow © September 7, 2009 Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
Charlie Crow has had long-standing ties to Rector since 1954, when his family moved here to publish the Clay County Democrat. He graduated from Rector High School in 1958. After earning degrees at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and the University of Texas at Austin, and service as a US Army Intelligence officer, he pursued an eclectic career in management. He served in the cabinet of Governor Dale Bumpers. His career experience encompasses state and regional governmental planning, investment banking, executive leadership of recycling technology companies in Alabama and Tennessee, and nonprofit management. He is semi-retired and lives in Little Rock with his wife, Anne.
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Charlie,
At last we agree on the general substance of a matter though our reasons for the President's sharp decline would vary to some extent. Most who have observed political maneuverings in the past have seen the damaging effects of overreaching. I believe the overstated "mandate" mindset actually played a major role in the present debacle. But as you know, things can change in a moment in the political arena. What's down today may be up tomorrow, and what's up today may explode tomorrow.
Don't expect the vacillating Republicans to take much advantage of the situation, both parties need to learn to listen more closely to Lincoln's address at Gettysburg - "That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Have a good day sir!
Roy Hargrave
My thoughts on a couple of issues:
When you take a job no matter the position, you ask questions such as description, responsibilities and any fires you may need to put out. I AM SICK of hearing the tired story about how the Obama administration has so much to correct and it's not their fault.
HE TOOK THE JOB, not only did Mr. Obama work diligently for this position he was made aware OR SO HE SAID, of all the issues involved. Applying for this position and campaigning for this position Mr. Obama ensured the people that he could not only fix all these issues, but also he could make life better for everyone involved.
After taking the job, the new campaign has been a CHRONIC diatribe about how the Obama administration was left with the Bush administration mess. ENOUGH, if the Obama administration is so ill experienced to handle the job then its time to step aside and let someone else run this mess.
NEXT:
When will people stop mixing up the responsibilities of our government?
Obama is the President of the United States of America, as the president he CAN NOT write this bill. If you want Obama to write this bill then he MUST step down from office of the president, then work towards obtaining his senate seat to enact legislation. It is not the job of the president to make legislation; CONGRESS is responsible for making legislation.
In a dictatorship the Grand Poobah, can be president and write legislation. Lets not go there!
SandraR
Thou protesteth too much. From your comments here and elsewhere, it appears you would disapprove of whatever Mr. Obama said or did. I agree that even though Obama inherited an awfully untidy mess, the time has long past to bring that up. After all, he did volunteer with his eyes open. Even if things were worse than he had feared (which they were), it's his duty to do his best to turn them around.
As for who "writes" legislation, you miss my point entirely. Anybody can draft the language of a bill. Only a legislator can introduce it or vote on it. The most effective lobbyists spend years behind the scenes drafting legislation that they then get legislators to introduce and pass.
I have had actual experience at the state level as a cabinet officer in Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers'administration. On key issues that Bumpers was interested in, he either had the bill drafted by his staff, one of the departments of state government, or a legislative ally wrote it and sponsored it. In fact, my department wrote several of Bumpers' high priority bills. If Bumpers made a bill part of his "administrative package," it had priority and the administration used all its influence to get it passed. That process is what I had referred to with respect to Obama's health care reforms.
Legislation at the federal level is far more complicated to get passed, but the drafting process is pretty predictable--bills written by interest groups, corporations, individuals, lobbyists, etc., come from every source imaginable. Of course, only legislation that is introduced by a Representative or Senator may be considered.
My point was that in the case of his health care reforms, Obama would have been far better off had he presented more specific language on how his proposals would work, to leave less room for doubt of his intentions. But as a former member of Congress, he felt they should have the latitude to draft the language. However, by addressing this very complex subject so broadly, there was too much opportunity for mischief, and not enough time to flesh out the details. His opponents used the August recess to drum up opposition, using shameless lies, distortion and misrepresentation of Obama's position. In fact, one of your previous postings regurgitated a lengthy screed from one of those opposing sources, which purported to quote from the legislation but which was actually laced with propaganda and biased opinion presented as fact.
Charlie Crow,
When Mr. Bush left office he started us on the path to Socialism with the bailout to the auto industry and so many other wrongs accomplished during his administration.
President Obama picked up the socialist ball and is trying every attempt to run with it.
Until this president drops that socialist ball and starts to play in "The Republic" arena, which we stand. When this president stops dividing his people by color and political party, then and only then will I stop fighting everything he stand for.
Question for anyone:
Thought I would add a little life to the boredom lately.
9.7% Unemployment, Trillion $ Deficits that our great grandkids can't even pay off, ACORN implosion, Democrats who possess VAST Majorities in both houses can't pass their own Cap & Trade, Health Care Plan, GITMO transfers, end of the war they hated for 8 years as well as the President who instigated it.
Not to mention the silence from the present administration on Israel's right to their own land and the looming threat of nuclear explosions originating from such appeased friends as Iran, N. Korea and Russia any-day now. Oh, and a new (hopeful) transparent administration residing over a revival of national racial tensions, ad nauseam! So much for the almost messianic expectation of renewed prowess in the domestic and international arenas after the cowboy moved back to Texas.
Oh, and what of Jimmy Carter who hangs out more with HAMAS and the Castro's than with the peanut farmers in Georgia. But PLEASE don't accuse me of being a racists because I brought up his name and pointed out the President's troubling situation.
The question is, who and when is anyone going to take responsibility for the meltdown and will 8 years pass before we find out?
RAH
Oh! I forgot one
CZARS, IN the UNITED SOVIETS (States) OF AMERICA. Come on!
RAH
Now Dismantling a strategic element in Defense of allies, what's next?
Yesterday, President Obama, effectively retreated behind the skirt of Putin who is seen by many as the man whose secret desire is to revitalize the old Soviet Union by rendering our present planned and much warranted strategic defensive missile system terminated which was to a great extent the mutual support of allies such as Poland and Czechoslovakia, not to mention a pointed deterrent of Iran's intended destruction of Israel.
What a way to bring the "promised" peace to the world that is now becoming by the day more dangerous than ever before.
And what of Georgia and the Ukraine's angst concerning Russia's ongoing desire to wrest control of those areas of which all sane Americans know is primarily for the implied purpose of consolidating more power for Russia by way of appeasement to remove further obstacles while placing in their hands and hearts further motivation to ratchet up the rhetoric and determination for Russia and their hopeful satellites to aid and abet Iran's nefarious intentions against Israel.
WAKE UP! The MELTDOWN is upon us!
And what a coincidence that such a monumental decision from Obama came on the very day that one of his favorite community organizers (ACORN which was previously promised 8.5 BILLION of taxpayer stimulus money) and election fraud instruments over the past few decades was de-funded by a bipartisan vote of 345-75 in the house following the Senate's lead Monday with a 83-7 vote. I would like to know how, 82 people (mostly, if not all democrats) thought the ACORN racket deserved more of working American's hard-earned taxpayer money to help solicit underage girls into this country for ungodly purposes as well as promote illigal activities such as lying to government agencies, cheating on their income taxes, ad nauseam. Not to mention what effect ACORN had on the housing debacle due to lies and cheating schemes to get people who absolutely couldn't afford such homes to borrow BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars by way of nefarious deeds without any ability to pay them back. Look into ACORN's pressures upon such entities as the now infamous Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and find a goldmine, actually a cesspool of pathetic anti-American procedure known by Senators and congressmen at the time. Do your homework and you'll start to see the pieces of the puzzle come to together. You'll see a game of wealthy greed teaming up with unscrupulous agents of change (for the extermination of the USA in my opinion)and 'we the people' will either seek to stop it or look the other way and simply ignore it for which our posterity will suffer beyond what any of us could have ever imagined in our lifetime.
Maybe the politicians who voted not to defund ACORN was due to their fear of a fairer election in 2010 due to ACORN's diminished government funded intimidation tactics for which many of their minions have been under certain scrutiny if not litigation for the past few years for busing in illegal immigrants and dead people in places like, of all places, Chicago along with other generic voter fraud complicity.
If you want to know if our President is a friend to ACORN and their subsidiaries, type in your address bar, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJcVgJhN... and see and hear for yourself.
Wake up people or be lulled to sleep,if not death itself. And I speak of the death of the America we've known our whole lives. Whether Democrat, Independent or Republican this sort of nonsense must stop or we'll pay the piper sooner than later.
I am not a racist! I am an American that loves this country.
RAH
RAH,
Do not fear Pelosi's tears (pathetic) proves we are gaining headway, the government should fear its voters and not "We The People" fearing our government.
A Patriot of America
(Not Left, Right or Independent)
SandraR
Professor SandraR,
I'm surprised that such an astute observer as yourself would ever buy into the fraudulent claims that Pelosi actually possesses tear ducts, or a brain for that matter. However, you're cerebral observation as to the fact that the government had better wake up and start fearing the people is a pleasant distraction for our imaginations in a world gone mad. Thanks for your complicity in the uprising, my friend!
RAH
Is Anybody Surprised?
As in his previous predisposition to throw Israel under the bus, today Obama announced it explicitly on the international stage of the U.N. It is being reported that his most explicit statement, "America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements," drew the most enthusiastic response from the U.N., and especially from Arab nations who are hell-bent on Israel's consummate annihilation.
For those who've kept up with American policy for the past 10,000 years (hyperbole for the uninformed) as it relates to the anti-Israeli sentiments around the world only Jimmy Carter (race card Carter) has sought to reverse our support on their behalf. That is, of course, until President Obama ascended to his meteoric rise to almost messianic proportions.
AND for those who have briefly glanced or for that matter read biblical revelation, those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed, may be something to chew on for the remainder of the United States existence.
In other news, Libyan leader Col. Muammar Qaddafi stated that he wishes that Obama "CAN STAY FOREVER AS PRESIDENT."
It's always good to know that we now have such good and faithful allies to undergird our Republic.
RAH
The ACORN Rule
"The language of the motion that applies to "any organization that has been indicted for a violation of any federal or state law" when it comes to lobbying or campaign finances. It also excludes "any organization that has filed a fraudulent form with any federal or state regulatory agency." It's about time. Cracking down on ACORN accidentally did the American people a huge favor by instituting accountability.
Wouldn't it be awesome if the actions of the two young daring reporters became responsible for the greatest cleansing of taxpayer waste this nation has ever seen?
Does this mean we can now go after CONGRESS next and make them accountable?
I am for term limits and anyone in congress not reading a bill before signing it should be tried for treason.
A Patriot of America
SandraR
(Not Left, Right or Independent)
History repeats itself: Remember Chamberlain's response to Hitler?
In Pittsburgh (Sept. 25) President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain on Friday blasted Iran's construction of a previously unknown uranium enrichment facility and demanded that Tehran immediately fulfill its obligations under international law or risk the imposition of harsh new sanctions.
"Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow," Obama said, detailing how the facility at Qom had been under construction for years without being disclosed, as required, to the International Atomic Energy Association. "International law is not an empty promise."
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown accused Iran of "serial deception" that he said "will shock and anger the whole international community, and it will harden our resolve."
"We will not let this matter rest," Brown said. " . . . Iran must abandon any military ambitions for its nuclear programs."
Iran acknowledged the existence of the facility for the first time on Monday, in a letter to the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency.
"How, before the eyes of the world, could we justify meeting without tackling them?" Sarkozy said. "We live in the real world, not a virtual world. And the real world expects us to make decisions."
On Friday, he said Iran "is taking the international community on a dangerous path . . . Everything, everything, must be put on the table now. We cannot let the Iranian leaders gain time while the motors are running."
Both Sarkozy and Brown said that if Iran does not come into compliance by December, it risks the imposition of stringent international sanctions. Obama, who spoke in more "MEASURED TERMS", did not mention sanctions specifically.
Who would have though mere months ago that the leaders of France and Britain would be tougher on international thuggery than an American administration?
Obama's "measured terms" are dangerously close to outright appeasement against a nation (Iran) that has specifically as well as explicitly announced their intentions of blowing Israel off the face of the earth,
An American Chamberlain reborn! In my opinion, Obama is more interested in his popularity than his honorable duty to serve and protect our interests. If he would restrict his apparent propensity of entertaining on the Tonight Show as well as Letterman, he might have time to do so.
RAH
God bless America and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag - Becoming History in the U.S.A.
In New Jersey, parents are apparently up in arms after students are video taped singing praises of Obama at N.J. elementary school. Can any honest Democrat, Independent or Republican actually believe that this sort of nonsense is good for this country when the King (I mean President) is the object of allegiance instead of the flag and what it represents?
LYRICS OF THEIR NEW FORM OF WORSHIP:
Song 1:
Mm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama
He said that all must lend a hand
To make this country strong again
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama
He said we must be fair today
Equal work means equal pay
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama
He said that we must take a stand
To make sure everyone gets a chance
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama
He said red, yellow, black or white
All are equal in his sight
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama
Yes!
Mmm, mmm, mm
Barack Hussein Obama
Song 2:
Hello, Mr. President we honor you today!
For all your great accomplishments, we all doth say "hooray!"
Hooray, Mr. President! You're number one!
The first black American to lead this great nation!
Hooray, Mr. President we honor your great plans
To make this country's economy number one again!
Hooray Mr. President, we're really proud of you!
And we stand for all Americans under the great Red, White, and Blue!
So continue ---- Mr. President we know you'll do the trick
So here's a hearty hip-hooray ----
Hip, hip hooray!
Hip, hip hooray!
Hip, hip hooray!
ONE MORE OBSERVATION: Can you imagine what would have happened if that would have occurred when Bush was president? BE HONEST.
WHEN WILL WE WAKE UP!
RAH
Lets all get a bit more ticked off at this administration.
Obama Administration Giving $400K to Qadaffi Charity!
The Obama Administration plans to give $400,000 in funding to a Libyan charity run by the Gadhafi family, and U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) wants the grant withdrawn.
The money would be divided between two foundations run by the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. A $200,000 share is set to go to the Gadhafi Development Foundation, which is run by Gadhafi's son, Saif, and another $200,000 are to go to Wa Attassimou, an organization run by Muammar Gadhafi's daughter, Aisha.
This beauty came from Chicago CBS: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/kirk.gadhaf...
Everyone needs to stop and evaluate their political position, are you a dem, repub or an American Citizen with the interest of America at heart.
Lets get mad..lets take back our government and lets put _______ _______in our whitehouse. Can anyone fill in blanks with a person who will (not can't) turn this around?
Mijo
Mijo,
What about Paul MacCartney? Oh, no we can't do that, he's not an American citizen. Maybe we can just get mad and take back our government without having to put somebody just like the rest of the politicians back in. It would at least be incremental progress. I'll start by nominating Mijo. That is if he's willing to show us his birth certificate.
If that doesn't work out, maybe Netanyahu would be available in 2012, that is if Israel gets blown off the map by our apparently newfound allies, the Iranians.
Sometimes levity is good for the soul!
RAH
I vote for Private B. Business person, she/he is the perfect person to be our next president.
Lets kick out everyone in congress, set term limits and anyone with a political background or have studied politics as a major is not allowed to apply for the job.
Resume should include the following attributes:
-- Successfully maintained a company with a bare minimum of 200 plus employees.
-- Never violated tax laws.
-- Have never allowed a union to take over your company.
-- Never filed for bankruptcy.
-- Have never been in the red after the first two years in business.
-- Have never hired an illegal alien knowingly or unknowingly because you believe in checking all records.
When anyone meets these minimal requirements then they can apply to be a congress person or president of the United States.
P.S.
If you are a lawyer don't bother applying we want bills the average person can read and understand PERIOD!
One more you left out - not from Chicago!
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, blastoff!!!
Iran said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles during military drills Sunday by the elite Revolutionary Guard, a show of force days after the U.S. warned Tehran over a newly revealed underground nuclear facility it was secretly constructing.
Time for warnings to cease and action to increase.
President Obama can talk but can he actually act?
The answer to that question is yet to be answered.
RAH
More HYPOCRISY FROM MEDIA!
Without Bush, media lose interest in war caskets
By: BYRON YORK
Chief Political Correspondent
September 29, 2009
Remember the controversy over the Pentagon policy of not allowing the press to take pictures of the flag-draped caskets of American war dead as they arrived in the United States? Critics accused President Bush of trying to hide the terrible human cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"These young men and women are heroes," Vice President Biden said in 2004, when he was senator from Delaware. "The idea that they are essentially snuck back into the country under the cover of night so no one can see that their casket has arrived, I just think is wrong."
In April of this year, the Obama administration lifted the press ban, which had been in place since the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Media outlets rushed to cover the first arrival of a fallen U.S. serviceman, and many photographers came back for the second arrival, and then the third.
But after that, the impassioned advocates of showing the true human cost of war grew tired of the story. Fewer and fewer photographers showed up. "It's really fallen off," says Lt. Joe Winter, spokesman for the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where all war dead are received. "The flurry of interest has subsided."
MY REACTION: Wonder why they lost interest? That is a rhetorical question for those who don't know better.
RAH
President Obama is going to be responsible for starting the next American Revolution. He is by far the worst president we have had the dishonor to have.
Congress's Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare
President Obama and liberals in Congress seem intent on passing comprehensive health care reform, even though polls suggest it is unpopular with the American people. And despite the potential political risks to moderate Democrats, the President and left-wing leadership in Congress are determined to pass the measure using a rare parliamentary procedure.
Reference: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?i...
Government-Run Health Care by Next Thursday?
The road to serfdom is paved by Obamacare -- and the Democrats have a scheme to make it law by next week.
Reference: http://blog.heritage.org/2009/09/30/morn...
A Patriot of America
SandraR
(Not Left, Right or Independent)
OOPS I meant to say: Mmm, mmm, mm Barack Hussein Obama
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
(Thomas Jefferson)
SandraR,
I agree, that is if there is a tree left after Obama gets done with the forest we have known in the past as America, home of the free and land of the brave. Now known as the U.S.A., that is United Soviets of America if the Chicago gang gets their way. Tax Evaders, self-avowed socialist's and general left wingnuts who shut down constitutional rights of Americans by taking their businesses away in the middle of the night and replacing the word tax with hidden fees that will top 1.5 Trillion. So much for no new taxes for anyone making under $250,000 annually, since it will only be hidden fees.
I thought Bush was a big spender, but he's penny-annie compared to President Trillions.
It's all very unbelievable to Americans. At least those with a brain.
At least Iran's Nuclear economy is growing by leaps and bounds along with their cohorts, the North Koreans and Hollywood Directors who think rapists should walk the streets freely in America.
RAH
Jobless Rate Climbs to 9.8 Percent in September
If laid-off workers who have settled for part-time work or have given up looking for new jobs are included, the unemployment rate rose to 17 percent, the highest on records dating from 1994.
Reference: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/...
No new jobs because there are no new companies opening up in order to produce new jobs. We just lost another company when Saturn went out of business this week. They cannot make a intelligent decision on Afghanistan and the current focus is on chasing the Olympics for a crime ridden city. The unemployment numbers continue to rise each month. It is going to be a very long 3.3.
SandraR
A Patriot of America
NO OLYMPICS FOR OBAMA HIS CHICAGO CRONIES OR OPRAH
They were the first eliminated from the four semi-finalists.
Does it seem like losing has now replaced the past few years of winning for Obama to anyone else? At least that's true of the country he is supposedly leading between appearances on the Lettermen show & a thousand press conferences on the networks. Hollywood would have been better suited for him.
RAH
Woo Hoo!!!
Can you imagine the waste, corruption and diversion of funds that would have occurred if the Olympics were held in Chicago? It would have given the U.S. an even bigger black eye then Obama has already given us.
Do you think the recent beating and murder of an Honor student in Chicago had anything to do with it?
Whatever the reason, I'm a little surprised and tremendously grateful. Maybe "NO" will teach the President that his charmed life of perpetual "YES" up to this point is coming to a close and he would be wise to accommodate reality instead of living in a world that is created in his own image.
Derrion Albert a Chicago Honor Student Murdered, I wanted to add this young mans name so he will not turn into just another headline. He was a person before the thugs ripped his life from him.
Chicago is not what America stands for nor is it representative middle America. I provided a link to the Illinois State Crime Summary Report, January-December, 2008. Could you imagine how horrible the USA would be if every city contained those stats. I would have show Rector as an example of Middle America, it sure as heck would not be Chicago.
https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/News/Statistical%20Reports/Index%20Crime%20Statistics/2008%20Index%20Crime%20Statistics/mcsDec08.pdf
How to Win the Nobel Peace Prize In 12 Days
by: Tommy De Seno at www.JustifiedRight.com.
Let's take a look at the president's first 12 days in the White House according to his public schedule to see what he did to deserve a Nobel Peace Prize:
January 20: Sworn in as president. Went to a parade. Partied.
January 21: Asked bureaucrats to re-write guidelines for information requests. Held an "open house" party at the White House.
January 22: Signed Executive Orders: Executive Branch workers to take ethics pledge; re-affirmed Army Field Manual techniques for interrogations; expressed desire to close Gitmo (how's that working out?)
January 23: Ordered the release of federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries. Lunch with Joe Biden; met with Tim Geithner.
January 24: Budget meeting with economic team.
January 25: Skipped church.
January 26: Gave speech about jobs and energy. Met with Hillary Clinton. Attended Geithner's swearing in ceremony.
January 27: Met with Republicans. Spoke at a clock tower in Ohio.
January 28: Economic meetings in the morning, met with Defense secretary in the afternoon.
January 29: Signed Ledbetter Bill overturning Supreme Court decision on lawsuits over wages. Party in the State Room. Met with Biden.
January 30: Met economic advisers. Gave speech on Middle Class Working Families Task Force. Met with senior enlisted military officials.
January 31: Took the day off.
February 1: Skipped church. Threw a Super Bowl party.
So there you have it. The short path to the Nobel Peace Prize: Party, go to meetings, skip church, release federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries, party some more.
To all Americans:
We must stop drinking the CoolAid! The only questionable controversy as it relates to today's Nobel Peace Prize for President Obama is which is more meaningless, the 8 month President (technically 12 day president) receiving it, or the selection committee's agenda? I vote for the latter. First Jimmy, then Al now Obama. Lets see kiss Arafat, promote a carbon emission catastrophe (and make millions while doing it) or not be George Bush!
Trend? Prop up the left wing Washington elite, Hollywood idol worshippers, European One Worlders, ad nauseam by way of Nobel propaganda, which is all that once prestigious award has become in recent years.
Perhaps I may win next year. I'm for the whole world having the privilege of gun ownership (and I've believed that for much more than 12 days). And with my prize money I'll give a tithe to the Lord so that the judgement of God may not come down on our nation due to the fact that we are robbing God. (Malachi 3:6-9)
RAH
By the way, finally, conservatives and liberals alike are seeing eye to eye by both being aghast concerning the clearly premature (at best) bestowal of a Nobel Peace prize upon a President who has ONLY talked about what he is going to do, not what he has actually done. Read the following left leaning responses and see for yourself.
Filmmaker Michael Moore: He congratulated President Obama, but added, "You have to end our involvement in Afghanistan now. If you don't, you'll have no choice but to return the prize to Oslo."
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist and author: "I'm nonplussed. I admire his efforts toward Middle East peace, but the prize still seems very premature. What has he done?"
Journalist Peter Beinart: Writing on The Daily Beast, Beinart remarked, "I like Barack Obama as much as the next liberal, but this is a farce. He's done nothing to deserve the prize. Sure, he's given some lovely speeches and launched some initiatives -- on Iran, Israeli-Palestinian peace, climate change and nuclear disarmament -- that might, if he's really lucky and really good, make the world a more safe, more just, more peaceful world. But there's absolutely no way to know if he'll succeed, and by giving him the Nobel Prize as a kind of "atta boy," the Nobel Committee is actually just highlighting the gap that conservatives have long highlighted: between Obamamania as global hype and Obama's actual accomplishments."
Time Magazine's Nancy Gibbs: Gibbs suggests the prize is only going to make Obama's job harder. She writes: "The last thing Barack Obama needed at this moment in his presidency and our politics is a prize for a promise."
Bob Schieffer of CBS: The award, he worries, is "just going to widen the political divide in this country, not make it better."
Richard Kim on TheNation.com: The choice of Obama left him "a little bewildered," he says. Kim adds: "Obama got a nice vote of confidence from the Norwegians for his promises. But now, he has to actually earn the Nobel with his deeds. That will be hard to do if his administration continues to send such mixed signals on international cooperation and diplomacy."
Miread Corrigan-McGuire, 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Winner: She posts: "I am very disappointed to hear that the Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama. They say this is for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples, and yet he continues the policy of militarism and occupation of Afghanistan, instead of dialogue and negotiations with all parties to the conflict."
Obama Supporter Michael Russnow: Writing on Huffington Post, columnist Russnow states: "Whatever one might feel about Obama, he has not earned this singular award."
Spelman College History Professor William Jelani Cobb: Cobb writes on Politico's The Arena blog: "At this point, President Obama is like a kid who gets a Porsche for his 16th birthday. It's wonderful but where do you go from there?"
Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com writes: "When I saw this morning's top New York Times headline -- 'Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize' -- I had the same immediate reaction which I'm certain many others had: this was some kind of bizarre Onion gag that got accidentally transposed onto the wrong website, that it was just some sort of strange joke someone was playing. Upon further reflection, that isn't all that far from the reaction I still have."
Naomi Klein: Appearing on DemocracyNow, the award-winning journalist and author says that she views the Committee's decision to present Obama with the Nobel Peace Prize as "very significant and disappointing, cheapening of the Nobel Prize..."
RAH
Charlie,
The Nobel Peace Prize!
Do I still "protesteth too much." ?
i for one think our president deserves the nobel peach prize. after all, look at his company!! it isn't doing him any favors for sure....
Has anyone seen the new American FLAG for sale?
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppa...
How long will it be until we hear, Hail, Caesar Obama! If history repeats itself, and it often does, it will occur when he has crossed the Rubicon and taken his rightful place among the Pantheon.
Perhaps he doesn't desire it for himself (though doubtful), but apparently many of his followers desire his exaltation.
RAH
Hi all,
Good feedback...I was hoping that we could have a realistic answer on getting back the white house. What about the following folks:
Lindsey Graham
Rush Limbaugh
Mitt Romney
Glen Beck
Tim Green
Sara Palin
O'Reilly
FEEDBACK:
Lindsey is a democrat in sheep's clothing.
Limbaugh is a racists according to, well I'd rather not say
Romney is a mormon and rich to boot
Glen Beck is into conspiracy theories like the president being in bed with bad people and socialists. Who could believe that Mr. Mijo?
Tim Green? Who cares?
Sara Palin has a daughter who has messed around according to Lettermen whose been in bed with, well, interns and the President's agenda.
O'Reilly believes in himself and whatever sells at the present time, in my opinion.
Maybe someone anonymous would do, like some people I (don't) know! Hey, maybe MIJO.
RAH
No Sandra I have not seen the new American flag ,does it have a photo of you and Roy on it.????? If so I have just the place for it...
HUM Sherry Moseley Wallace, do you take things and make them personal often?
For the next president I would like to see someone who is not in ANY party. The left and right have no idea what they are doing anymore, they are so busy ensuring people are divided instead of coming together for the greater good.
It's a sad day when we fight each other over a label.
SandraR
A Patriot of America
(Not Left, Right or Independent)
Here we go: 'Oba Mao': Chinese Grab Gear Depicting Obama as Communist
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2009/09/25/45...
Need I say more?
Better top it off with the Praise Obama music in china:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wmi106a3...
Sherry,
I'm curious, where is the place for it? HA! I actually thought that was a funny comeback you had. Did you go to the Labor Day Picnic this year? I looked for you so we could engage in a little political bantering. LOL! But we're still friends, right?
RAH
You know we are friends, because you need all the friends you can get...LOL Nope didn't make the picnic maybe next year, it sure is hard to stay here when you know everyone is home...But my prayers were answered it didn't rain.. Stay healthy and may see you next year.....If you see Sandra since I don't know her tell her for me ...BAH HUM BUG>>>>> Have a good one Roy
LOL Sherry :)
I am in hiding cause I like Glenn Beck.
Roy I meant to say this in my last writing, what a nice thing you wrote about my friend and classmate Jerry Jolly, I told everyone to look for it on line because most of us on our school site don't take the paper .. But thanks again for your kind words... HUMMM I wonder if Jerry is a Democrat.????...LOL
Sherry,
See! People can get along though they disagree. By the way, I don't have the foggiest idea as to the true identity of SandraR, but I must admit I have a propensity toward her views. And concerning Jerry's political views, he's known by his church members as a strong conservative across the board.
Don't stop bantering with me, I kinda like the mind-exercises.
And by the way I'm glad you're a friend though I raise your ire every once in a while. Just chalk it up to insanity.
Praying for you and yours! By the way I can't dislike anybody from Rector, though they may be at opposite ends of the spectrum from myself.
RAH
Obama and the Promise of Uniting not Dividing . . .
The Wall Street Journal:
"The Untouchables"
When Barack Obama promised to deliver "a new kind of politics" to Washington, most folk didn't picture Rahm Emanuel with a baseball bat. These days, the capital would make David Mamet, who wrote Malone's memorable movie dialogue, proud.
A White House set on kneecapping its opponents isn't, of course, entirely new. (See: Nixon) What is a little novel is the public and bare-knuckle way in which the Obama team is waging these campaigns against the other side.
In recent weeks the Windy City gang added a new name to their list of societal offenders: the Chamber of Commerce. For the cheek of disagreeing with Democrats on climate and financial regulation, it was reported the Oval Office will neuter the business lobby. Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett slammed the outfit as "old school," and warned CEOs they'd be wise to seek better protection.
That was after the president accused the business lobby of false advertising. And that recent black eye for the Chamber (when several companies, all with Democratic ties, quit in a huff)--think that happened on its own? ("Somebody messes with me, I'm gonna mess with him! Somebody steals from me, I'm gonna say you stole. Not talk to him for spitting on the sidewalk. Understand!?")
The Chamber can at least take comfort in crowds. Who isn't on the business end of the White House's sawed-off shotgun? First up were Chrysler bondholders who--upon balking at a White House deal that rewarded only unions--were privately threatened and then publicly excoriated by the president.
Next, every pharmaceutical, hospital and insurance executive in the nation was held out as a prime obstacle to health-care nirvana. And that was their reward for cooperating. When Humana warned customers about cuts to Medicare under "reform," the White House didn't bother to complain. They went straight for the gag order. When the insurance industry criticized the Baucus health bill, the response was this week's bill to strip them of their federal antitrust immunity. ("I want you to find this nancy-boy . . . I want him dead! I want his family dead! I want his house burned to the ground!
This summer Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl criticized stimulus dollars. Obama cabinet secretaries sent letters to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. One read: "if you prefer to forfeit the money we are making available to the state, as Senator Kyl suggests," let us know. The Arizona Republic wrote: "Let's not mince words here: The White House is intent on shutting Kyl up . . . using whatever means necessary." When Sens. Robert Bennett and Lamar Alexander took issue with the administration's czars, the White House singled them out, by name, on its blog. Sen. Alexander was annoyed enough to take to the floor this week to warn the White House off an "enemies list."
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor? Targeted for the sin of being a up-and-coming conservative voice. Though even Mr. Cantor was shoved aside in August so the Chicago gang could target at least seven Democratic senators, via the president's campaign arm, Organizing for America, for not doing more on health care. ("What I'm saying is: What are you prepared to do??!!")
And don't forget Fox News Channel ("nothing but a lot of talk and a badge!"). Fox, like MSNBC, has its share of commentators. But according to Obama Communications Director Anita Dunn, the entire network is "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Many previous White House press officers, when faced with criticism, try this thing called outreach. The Chicago crowd has boycotted Fox altogether.
What makes these efforts notable is that they are not the lashing out of a frustrated political operation. They are calculated campaigns, designed to create bogeymen, to divide the opposition, to frighten players into compliance. The White House sees a once-in-a-generation opportunity on health care and climate. It is obsessed with winning these near-term battles, and will take no prisoners. It knows that CEOs are easily intimidated and (Fox News ratings aside) it is getting some of its way. Besides, roughing up conservatives gives the liberal blogosphere something to write about besides Guantanamo.
The Oval Office might be more concerned with the long term. It is 10 months in; more than three long years to go. The strategy to play dirty now and triangulate later is risky. One day, say when immigration reform comes due, the Chamber might come in handy. That is if the Chamber isn't too far gone.
White House targets also aren't dopes. The corporate community is realizing that playing nice doesn't guarantee safety. The health executives signed up for reform, only to remain the president's political piñatas. It surely grates that the unions--now running their own ads against ObamaCare--haven't been targeted. If the choice is cooperate and get nailed, or oppose and possibly win, some might take that bet.
There's also the little fact that many Americans voted for this president in thrall to his vow to bring the country together. It's hard to do that amid gunfire, and voters might just notice.
("I do not approve of your methods! Yeah, well . . . You're not from Chicago.")
RAH
Wall Street Journal
Its His Rubble now! (WARNING: Only for the Literate)
by Peggy Noonan
At a certain point, a president must own a presidency. For George W. Bush that point came eight months in, when 9/11 happened. From that point on, the presidency--all his decisions, all the credit and blame for them--was his. The American people didn't hold him responsible for what led up to 9/11, but they held him responsible for everything after it. This is part of the reason the image of him standing on the rubble of the twin towers, bullhorn in hand, on Sept.14, 2001, became an iconic one. It said: I'm owning it.
Mr. Bush surely knew from the moment he put the bullhorn down that he would be judged on everything that followed. And he has been. Early on, the American people rallied to his support, but Americans are practical people. They will support a leader when there is trouble, but there's an unspoken demand, or rather bargain: We're behind you, now fix this, it's yours.
President Obama, in office a month longer than Bush was when 9/11 hit, now owns his presidency. Does he know it? He too stands on rubble, figuratively speaking--a collapsed economy, high and growing unemployment, two wars. Everyone knows what he's standing on. You can almost see the smoke rising around him. He's got a bullhorn in his hand every day.
It's his now. He gets the credit and the blame. How do we know this? The American people are telling him. You can see it in the polls. That's what his falling poll numbers are about. "It's been almost a year, you own this. Fix it."
The president doesn't seem to like this moment. Who would? He and his men and women have returned to referring to what they "inherited." And what they inherited was, truly, terrible: again, a severe economic crisis and two wars. But their recent return to this theme is unbecoming. Worse, it is politically unpersuasive. It sounds defensive, like a dodge.
The president said last week, at a San Francisco fund-raiser, that he's busy with a "mop," "cleaning up somebody else's mess," and he doesn't enjoy "somebody sitting back and saying, 'You're not holding the mop the right way.'" Later, in New Orleans, he groused that reporters are always asking "Why haven't you solved world hunger yet?" His surrogates and aides, in appearances and talk shows, have taken to remembering, sometimes at great length, the dire straits we were in when the presidency began.
This is not a sign of confidence. Nor were the president's comments to a New York fund-raiser this week. Democrats, he said to the Democratic audience, are "an opinionated bunch." They always have a lot of thoughts and views. Republicans, on the other hand--"the other side"--aren't really big on independent thinking. "They just kinda sometimes do what they're told. Democrats, ya'll thinkin' for yourselves." It is never a good sign when the president gets folksy, dropping his g's, because he is by nature not a folksy g-dropper but a coolly calibrating intellectual who is always trying to guess, as most politicians do, what normal people think. When Mr. Obama gets folksy he isn't narrowing his distance from his audience but underlining it. He shouldn't do this.
But the statement that Republicans just do what they're told was like his famous explanation of unhappy voters are people who "cling to guns or religion." (What comes over him at fund-raisers?) Both statements speaks of a political misjudgment of his opponents and his situation.They show a misdiagnosis of the opposition that is politically tin-eared. Politicians looking to win don't patronize those they're trying to win over.
But the point on the We Inherited a Terrible Situation and It's Not Our Fault argument is, again, that it is worse than unbecoming. It is unpersuasive.
How do we know this? Through the polls. In all of the major surveys, the president's popularity has gone down the past few months. A Gallup Daily Tracking Poll out this week reported Mr. Obama's job approval dropped nine points during the third quarter of this year, that is between July 1 and Sept. 30, when it fell from 62% to 53%. It was the biggest such drop Gallup has ever measured for an elected president during the same period of his term. A Fox News poll out Thursday showed support for the president's policies falling below 50% for the first time. Ominously for him, independents are peeling off. In 2006 and 2008 independents looked like Democrats. They were angry and frustrated by the wars, they sought to rebuke the Bush White House. Now those independents look like Republicans. They worry about joblessness, debts and deficits.
The White House sees the falling support. Thus the reminder: We faced an insuperable challenge, we're mopping up somebody else's mess.
The Democratic Party too sees the falling support, and is misunderstanding it. The great question they debated last week was whether the president is tough enough: Does he come across as too weak? It is true, as the cliché has it, that it's helpful for a president to be both revered and feared. But this president is not weak, that's not his problem. He willed himself into the presidency with an adroit reading of the lay of the land, brought together and dominated all the constituent pieces of victory, showed and shows impressive self-discipline, seems in general to stick to a course once he's chosen it, though arguably especially when he's wrong. His decision to let Congress write a health-care bill may yield at least the appearance of victory. And if Mr. Obama isn't twisting arms like LBJ, and then giving just an extra little jerk to snap the rotator cuff just for fun, the case can be made that day by day he's moving the Democrats of Congress in the historic direction he desires. All his adult life he's played the long game, which takes patience and skill.
The problem isn't his personality, it's his policies. His problem isn't what George W. Bush left but what he himself has done. It is a problem of political judgment, of putting forward bills that were deeply flawed or off-point. Bailouts, the stimulus package, cap-and-trade; turning to health care at the exact moment in history when his countrymen were turning their concerns to the economy, joblessness, debt and deficits--all of these reflect a misreading of the political terrain. They are matters of political judgment, not personality. (Republicans would best heed this as they gear up for 2010: Don't hit him, hit his policies. That's where the break with the people is occurring.)
The result of all this is flagging public support, a drop in the polls, and independents peeling off.
In this atmosphere, with these dynamics, Mr. Obama's excuse-begging and defensiveness won't work.
Everyone knows he was handed horror. They want him to fix it.
At some point, you own your presidency. At some point it's your rubble. At some point the American people tell you it's yours. The polls now, with the presidential approval numbers going down and the disapproval numbers going up: That's the American people telling him.
RAH
So much for freedom of speech:
Reuters reports . . .
A White House effort to undermine conservative critics is generating a backlash on Capitol Hill -- and not just from Republicans.
"It's a mistake," said Rep. Jason Altmire, a moderate Democrat from western Pennsylvania. "I think it's beneath the White House to get into a tit for tat with news organizations."
RAH: Didn't Nixon have his own hit list? Sounds eerily familiar.
Democrats suffering "Obama Hangover"
L. A. Times (Not a Conservative Rag!)
As he is quick to point out, President Obama is presiding over two wars, a sour economy, and an epic fight to rebuild the nation's health care system.
Now he has tacked on state and local political races. With an off-year election fast approaching, Obama is stepping up his commitment to Democratic candidates in hopes that an infusion of campaign charisma might pump up turnout.
What the party is finding, though, is that the electricity of 2008 is tough to recapture. Some Democratic candidates running for local office around the country call the phenomenon the "Obama Hangover.'' It is proving tougher to recruit volunteers and get people to vote.
"It's like the morning after the party,'' said Michael McGann, a Democrat running for clerk of courts in the Philadelphia suburbs. "The party was wonderful and exciting. The day after it's like, 'Gee, I don't want to do that again for a while.' ''
Obama is trying to inspire voters with the "fired up; ready to go'' fervor that made last year's race riveting political theater.
But Democratic candidates are hard pressed to scratch out victories this year in the New Jersey and Virginia governor's races, and in a congressional race in upstate New York's 23d District.
In New Jersey, local issues such as high property taxes loom large. Asked if an appearance by Obama would make them more likely to vote for Governor Jon Corzine, the Democratic incumbent, nearly three-quarters of state voters polled said no.
Conditions look even tougher for Democrats in Virginia. A recent survey showed the Democratic candidate for governor, Creigh Deeds, trailing Republican Bob McDonnell by 12 points.
Worse for the Democrats, if any one constituency is energized this season it's conservatives, who are angry about rising deficits, some pollsters said.
"There's real anger on the right, and that anger isn't matched by enthusiasm on the left,'' said Dean Debnam, president of Public Policy Polling. "So the emotion is on the side of the far right.''
A clean sweep by Democrats looks unattainable. So for Obama, the question is how much to invest in what could turn out to be losing candidacies.
"They're trying to make sure they're responsive to the needs and wants of the campaigns, and at the same time recognize the limits of their usefulness,'' said Jim Margolis, who was a senior adviser to Obama's presidential campaign. "If I were advising him, I would advise him not to set up campaigns in New Jersey and Virginia.''
RAH
Remember Michael Moore's Astonishment of Bush's Golf days in office?
President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
President Obama Ties Bush on Golf: BUT SOONER -
CBS' Mark Knoller -- an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related -- wrote on his Twitter feed that, "Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24.
Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months."
This news comes on the heels of today's news that Obama played golf with a woman -- chief domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes -- for the first time since taking office.
RAH
Remember the Daily News Reports of the Dead while Bush was President?
Monday: 14 Americans killed in 2 helicopter crashes in Afghanistan while the President mulls the much needed troop increases (suggested by the generals) while playing golf, according to numerous correspondents, more than any sitting president. That is of course when he's not out raising campaign funds while 10% unemployment sees no end and the dollar is falling like a lead balloon. And hundreds of banks are failing and ACORN is being RE-funded for the next election though their under indictment in many quarters and have been shown to be corrupt. Don't forget the government is gaining control of once great free-enterprise companies and seeking to control and even set the salaries of said companies. Is THIS THE AMERICA WE GREW UP IN? yada! yada! yada!
Oh, I forgot, and trying to shut down freedom of speech in the press! Sounds like the 1930's in another place we've heard of in the not too distant past.
Where's the media's indignation now?
RAH
Missed a lot while on a mini vacation to the Smokey Mountains. Can always rely on Obama to make reading interesting upon return :)
Yesterday Obama made a trip to Fl. and he flew in the chopper right over my backyard, he landed in Sarasota then got in the chopper and flew to Arcadia to tour a FPL Project. He was flying so low I waved at him but I don't think he saw me...LOL....... I hollered "Sandra and Bro. Roy wishes they were here to see this".
Sherry,
If I go to jail its your fault. I was trying to stay under the radar of Obama's thought police and now you had to divulge my identity. I hope you send me some hope packages in the mail when I land in GITMO! Thanks a lot friend. LOL! You dirty rat! I'll have to reevaluate our friendship now that you've blown my cover with the government.
RAH
OH RAH
I got yur back - please try to stay under my cash radar.. 000000 ya I said 6 zero's... Be good
SandraR,
You're apparently doing very well in these troubling times. I'm at 3 zero's and falling fast. Methinks that our friend arebyrd must be at zero zeroes, seeing that we've not heard from him lately. Perhaps I'll send him one of my extra zeroes or find him a high paying job at ACORN. Then again he may have had to trade his high-speed in for dial-up and simply doesn't have the time to waste.
RAH
RAH,
You have me laughing so hard I almost fell out my chair. I'm surviving well here because I found a way to play both sides of the table. It's interesting to see the looks on people faces when they understand I am doing liberal work while making profit as a conservative.
Have to love CAPITALISM (Ya I said the bad word).
SandraR,
I must confess as well as apologize to those who are confused by their inherent confusion since I was only extrapolating by way of an ironic conundrum that apparently failed as to its intended result.
By the way Sandra, that bad word you were so bold to blurt out for all to see on the soon to be state run (and taxed) internet now begins with a small c not a capital C. Soon it will begin with a capital S and end with an ism!
For my family's safety, from this time forward I will be known as Pseudo-Nym.
Hey Charlie,
We haven't heard from you in a while hope all is well. I look forward to the next debate.
Warmest,
SandraR
More Americans Believe We Will Find Alien Life In Outer Space Than Believe Pelosi's Health Care Bill Will Be Deficit Neutral.....
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/200...
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Let the MELTDOWN BEGIN! New Jersey, Virginia and other formerly known strongholds for Obama appear to be headed in a new direction. We'll see in 2010.
OH NO! No Health Care Bill as promised by President Obama in 2009. Gitmo unsolved, Afghanistan buildup or build-down, whatever the case may be, who knows? Taxes for less than $250,000 now in the mix, and don't forget the carbon emissions taxes (through which Gore keeps getting richer), sugar taxes and general taxes for all the other governmental industries.
Perhaps Lettermen can boost the President's ratings with another appearance on his show while Hillary is running the world.
Power is a terrible thing to possess due to the fact that the worm always seems to turn when least expected.
Pseudo-Nym
The revolt has only started, they expected guns and riots from the silent majority. We are swooping in and taking their paycheck (job).
If you notice the PEOPLE were very verbal on these elections "WE" are putting you in that comfy chair and "WE" can RIP you out of that comfy chair so do your job OR ELSE!
SandraR,
What a ruthless person you are. I'm so surprised! "We," "RIP," (ALL CAPS) and "OR ELSE!" (ALSO ALL CAPS). Were you SCREAMING when you wrote your diatribe. At least I can finally answer Mijo's challenge. May I nominate you as President of the United States of America? After all, the "comfy chair" is apparently not for you. Oh, and we'll have to manufacture a new blog for you to get the word out since we have no money or JOBS. Almost forgot, we'll have to create a new seal for your future POTUS wanna be or may I say gonna be.
Pseudo-Nym
The Health care Bill
http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/1119...
SandraR:
The Health Scare Bill that nobody has read. Are the words transparency and illiterate presently synonymous in the newly revised Webster's Dictionary?
From now on, Americans need to read between the lines (that is bull and fact) before they pull another lever and send us down a road which leads our country who knows where.
By the way, how many districts are in Arkansas? Maybe if we keep creating new districts we'll finally get the national unemployment numbers to zero.
Oh, Timmy Geithner may, after all is said and done, have to face the same fate as the rest of us common folk would have, by way of fiddling with unpaid taxes and other people's money, namely taxpayers.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, - 2010 Implosion of monumental proportions.
So as to avert the naysayers, its all Bush's fault!
Pseudo-Nym
Liberal Rag Speaks Truth . . .
New York Times: U.S. Racing toward Debt 'Shock'
Just as the Senate pushes forward on a radical healthcare reform measure, one of the nation's leading newspapers is warning that time is running out on the federal debt. The United States is careening toward a "payment shock" in which taxpayers soon will be forking over $700 billion a year just to service a public debt now at $12 trillion and climbing.
What a legacy we are bestowing upon our children and grandchildren. Imagine, according to numerous sources, our interest payment per day is approximately 1.2 Billion.
We are now being warned that we are on the precipice of national bankruptcy in which our once great nation will be in debt to such nations as China as well as others.
WHAT A SHAME!
Pseudo-Nym
The Post-Partisan President:
Washington Times:
Among others, the president didn't invite his 2008 campaign rival, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, even though Obama the candidate pledged a post-partisan presidency.
While the White House is mum about who will be among the 300 or so lucky invitees to President Obama's first state dinner Tuesday night, word is already leaking out about who's not on the A-list, The Washington Times reports.
Chief among the non-attendees: top Republican lawmakers.
House Minority Leader John A. Boehner won't be there; he's on Thanksgiving break and home in Ohio. His deputy, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, also didn't get an invitation to the dinner.
The president didn't invite his 2008 rival, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, even though Obama the candidate pledged a post-partisan presidency.
Most senators will be back in their home states during the holiday break, and few Republicans want to return to Washington for a party packed with Democrats. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell received an invitation but decided to skip the dinner.
Some top Democrats also found themselves out of the loop. Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who turned out to be a pivotal player in Saturday's health care vote, didn't rate an invitation. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana, who wrote the first draft of the bill, also didn't get the vaunted engraved invitation to the black-tie dinner.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat turned independent who will be crucial to the fate of health care reform, won't be attending the dinner. He prefers to stay in Connecticut.
Promises, promises during the campaign have not panned out for the new messianic figure to usher in a new era of transparency and post partisanship.
Pseudo-Nym
Snowball rolling downhill!
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15. This is the lowest Approval Index rating yet measured for President Obama
Pseudo-Nym
Global Warming Hoax to be Exposed:
Scientific progress depends on accurate and complete data. It also relies on replication. The past couple of days have uncovered some shocking revelations about the baloney practices that pass as sound science about climate change.
It was announced Thursday afternoon that computer hackers had obtained 160 megabytes of e-mails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in England. Those e-mails involved communication among many scientific researchers and policy advocates with similar ideological positions all across the world. Those purported authorities were brazenly discussing the destruction and hiding of data that did not support global-warming claims.
Professor Phil Jones, the head of the Climate Research Unit, and professor Michael E. Mann at Pennsylvania State University, who has been an important scientist in the climate debate, have come under particular scrutiny. Among his e-mails, Mr. Jones talked to Mr. Mann about the "trick of adding in the real temps to each series ... to hide the decline [in temperature]."
Mr. Mann admitted that he was party to this conversation and lamely explained to the New York Times that "scientists often used the word 'trick' to refer to a good way to solve a problem 'and not something secret.' " Though the liberal New York newspaper apparently buys this explanation, we have seen no benign explanation that justifies efforts by researchers to skew data on so-called global-warming "to hide the decline." Given the controversies over the accuracy of Mr. Mann's past research, it is surprising his current explanations are accepted so readily.
here is a lot of damning evidence about these researchers concealing information that counters their bias. In another exchange, Mr. Jones told Mr. Mann: "If they ever hear there is a Freedom of Information Act now in the UK, I think I'll delete the file rather than send to anyone" and, "We also have a data protection act, which I will hide behind." Mr. Jones further urged Mr. Mann to join him in deleting e-mail exchanges about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) controversial assessment report (ARA): "Can you delete any emails you may have had with Keith re [the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report]?"
In another e-mail, Mr. Jones told Mr. Mann, professor Malcolm K. Hughes of the University of Arizona and professor Raymond S. Bradley of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst: "I'm getting hassled by a couple of people to release the CRU station temperature data. Don't any of you three tell anybody that the UK has a Freedom of Information Act!"
At one point, Mr. Jones complained to another academic, "I did get an email from the [Freedom of Information] person here early yesterday to tell me I shouldn't be deleting emails." He also offered up more dubious tricks of his trade, specifically that "IPCC is an international organization, so is above any national FOI. Even if UEA holds anything about IPCC, we are not obliged to pass it on." Another professor at the Climate Research Unit, Tim Osborn, discussed in e-mails how truncating a data series can hide a cooling trend that otherwise would be seen in the results. Mr. Mann sent Mr. Osborn an e-mail saying that the results he was sending shouldn't be shown to others because the data support critics of global warming.
Repeatedly throughout the e-mails that have been made public, proponents of global-warming theories refer to data that has been hidden or destroyed. Only e-mails from Mr. Jones' institution have been made public, and with his obvious approach to deleting sensitive files, it's difficult to determine exactly how much more information has been lost that could be damaging to the global-warming theocracy and its doomsday forecasts.
We don't condone e-mail theft by hackers, though these e-mails were covered by Britain's Freedom of Information Act and should have been released. The content of these e-mails raises extremely serious questions that could end the academic careers of many prominent professors. Academics who have purposely hidden data, destroyed information and doctored their results have committed scientific fraud. We can only hope respected academic institutions such as Pennsylvania State University, the University of Arizona and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst conduct proper investigative inquiries.
Most important, however, these revelations of fudged science should have a cooling effect on global-warming hysteria and the panicked policies that are being pushed forward to address the unproven theory.
Pseudo-Nym
Concerning health care:
"Let me get this straight.
We're going to pass a health care plan
written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it,
passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it,
signed by a president that also hasn't read it, and who smokes,
with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes,
overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and
financed by a country that's nearly broke.
What possibly could go wrong?"
Politically Incorrect,
Touche'!
Pseudo-Nym
Dang - I miss all the good posts :)
Roy,
Please help me understand what you are saying below
"Romney is a mormon and rich to boot"
Is being a mormon and rich an issue?
thanks,
Mijo
Sandra,
Were you being genuine with the blog entry below?
"For the next president I would like to see someone who is not in ANY party".
"It's a sad day when we fight each other over a label".
V/R,
Mijo
Mijo,
A little slow on the trigger there Mijo from a post weeks ago but here goes.. I responded to your names for president by presenting the caricatures of each one of them including Limbaugh as well as Romney. It wasn't what I think, its what liberals, media types, and some ignorant rednecks think of them. But now turning from ancient news to today's news:
Obama's own Allies Turning Against Him:
After just 10 months in office, President Barack Obama is facing a rebellion on several fronts from his natural base of liberal Democrats. And while it's too early to measure the political cost, what is striking is how rapidly disaffection is growing.
The most recent example of this fallout is the war in Afghanistan, which has alienated liberals who believed that Obama would quickly pull out from Iraq and close the terrorist detention facilities in Guantanamo. Instead, they are now looking at their once cherished candidate poised to announce that he is sending some 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.
But the liberal critique of Obama is much broader. His supporters now feel betrayed on issues ranging from climate change, offshore oil drilling, gay marriage and government-run healthcare. On issue after issue, they've watched him backtrack from the lofty promises of the campaign trail. Even more worrisome for Obama, many are having doubts about his intelligence and decisiveness.
The criticisms are not only coming from policy wonks but Hollywood, the nation's urban elites and even grassroots groups who had gone gaga over America's first African-American president. Some recent examples:
On Tuesday, Florida's Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson blasted Obama's handling of the economic crisis and his tepid handling of the offshore oil drilling issues.
On Monday, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., who chairs the powerful House Appropriations Committee, said that if President Obama does approve an increase in troop levels, the war should financed by a surtax on the rich.
On Saturday, "Saturday Night Live" offered a scathing skit in which Obama was depicted as a dolt who is increasing the debt exponentially, backed by his bogus accounting. The skit followed another earlier in the season in which Obama was depicted as a "do-nothing" president.
Maureen Dowd, The New York Time's liberal columnist who lambasted conservatives during 8 years of the Bush administration, has turned her venom on Obama, slamming him this week for his treatment of Greg Craig, the adviser charged with pushing Obama's now broken promise of closing Guantanamo by the end of the year. "Many donors and passionate supporters are let down by Obama's detachment, puzzled at his failure to make them feel invested when he's certain to come back to tap their well soon enough," Dowd wrote.
In an analysis Wednesday, Washington Post staff writer Joel Achenbach quoted liberal historians who seem to already be writing Obama off for his lack of strength and political saavy.
"Some of his supporters would like to see him show more fire in the belly and recapture the energy that propelled him to victory last year," Achenbach wrote.
"I think the Obama we've seen as president is a very different Obama than we saw during the campaign. He doesn't seem to be connected, he doesn't seem to have the passion, he doesn't seem to be conveying the grand and inspiring vision," progressive historian Allan Lichtman of American University told Achenbach. "If you want to be a transformational president, you've got to take the risks."
Pseudo-Nym
Mijo,
By the way, words are often labels and if we don't want labels then we need to stop talking and writing. A HORSE is not a Horse, it is a word that succinctly identifies an animal with a long face, a tail, long legs and can run like the wind. Conservative, Liberal, Moderate are all in the dictionary and they mean something. Otherwise our conversations would be meaningless if nothing always means nothing, Don't be afraid of who you are. You're surely something though we don't know your name. You have a philosophy of life, own up to it. If its moderate then state it, if its confused then fess up to it. I don't mean to be derogatory, I truly believe plain talk is essential to understanding and that is one of our biggest problems, not owning up to our own world-view.
Pseudo-Nym
It is time to cast aside all remaining doubt. President Obama is not trying to lead America forward to recovery, prosperity and strength. Quite the opposite, in fact.
The methodology is known as the Cloward-Piven Strategy;
The strategy of forcing political change through orchestrated crisis. The "Cloward-Piven Strategy" seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.
The result, they predicted, would be "a profound financial and political crisis" that would unleash "powerful forces ... for major economic reform at the national level."
They implemented the strategy by creating a succession of radical organizations, most notable among them the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), with the help of veteran organizer Wade Rathke. Their crowning achievement was the "Motor Voter" act, signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1993 with Cloward and Piven standing behind him.
As we now know, ACORN was one of the chief drivers of high-risk mortgage lending that eventually led to the financial crisis. But the Motor Voter law was another component of the strategy. It created vast vulnerabilities in our electoral system, which ACORN then exploited.
ACORN's vote registration scandals throughout the U.S. are predictable fallout.
The Motor Voter law has also been used to open another vulnerability in the system: the registration of vast numbers of illegal aliens, who then reliably vote Democrat. Herein lies the real reason Democrats are so anxious for open borders, security be damned.
It should be clear to anyone with a mind and two eyes that this president and this Congress do not have our interests at heart. They are implementing this strategy on an unprecedented scale by flooding America with a tidal wave of poisonous initiatives, orders, regulations, and laws. As Rahm Emmanuel said, "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste."
The real goal of "health care" legislation, the real goal of "cap-and-trade," and the real goal of the "stimulus" is to rip the guts out of our private economy and transfer wide swaths of it over to the government to control. Do not be deluded by the propaganda. These initiatives are vehicles for change. They are not goals in and of themselves except in their ability to deliver power. They and will make matters much worse, for that is their design.
This time, in addition to overwhelming the government with demands for services, Obama and the Democrats are overwhelming political opposition to their plans with a flood of apocalyptic legislation. Their ultimate goal is to leave us so discouraged, demoralized, and exhausted that we throw our hands up in defeat. As Barney Frank said, "the middle class will be too distracted to fight."
It is time we fully internalized and digested this fact, with all its ugly ramifications. These people have violated countless laws and could be prosecuted, had we the political power. Not only are their policies unconstitutional, but deliberately so -- the goal being to make the Constitution irrelevant. Their spending is off the charts and will drive us into hyperinflation, but it could be rescinded, had we the political power. These policies are toxic, but they could be stopped and reversed, had we the political power. Their ideologies are poisonous, but they could be exposed for what they are, with long jail sentences as an object lesson, had we the political power.
Every single citizen who cares about this country should be spending every minute of his or her spare time lobbying, organizing, writing, and planning. Fight every initiative they launch. It is all destructive. If we are to root out this evil, it is critical that in 2010 we elect competent, principled leaders willing to defend our Constitution and our country. Otherwise, the malevolent cabal that occupies the government today will become too entrenched.
After that, all bets are off.
What happened to Charlie?
Does he finally see the truth and can no longer blog liberal crazy?
SandraR,
Right on above. However, don't wake the sleeping giant per your last post. LOL!
Hey Roy, do you and Sandra know what a lump of coal looks like? Well you don't have to worry long because that is all the fat man in the Red Suit is going to bring you on Christmas morning... because you both have been very very bad all year.......
Sherry,
You should know that mean ole' non-democrats don't believe in Santa Claus. If I'm wrong put in a good word for me. Maybe he won't be checking his list twice this year.
Pseudo-Nym
Sherry,
Santa is my BFF no coal for me :)
Sherry,
A lump of coal turns into a diamond when subjected to extreme pressures. So I guess, with Obama's economy we'll be diamonds soon.
Pseudo-Nym
I laughed out loud after reading this.. ha ha ha
"I simply can't believe you're about to do what they say you are going to do," documentary filmmaker Michael Moore said in an open letter to Obama posted on his Web site. Moore warned that Obama would tarnish his legacy, turn away his supporters and effectively crown himself the new "war president" by escalating the war in Afghanistan.
"With just one speech tomorrow night you will turn a multitude of young people who were the backbone of your campaign into disillusioned cynics," Moore wrote. "Your potential decision to expand the war ... will do more to set your legacy in stone than any of the great things you've said and done in your first year.
"For the sake of your presidency, hope, and the future of our nation, stop. For God's sake, stop," Moore wrote.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/...
Remember Cassius Clay against Sonny Liston:
Herein is a parable . . .
Clay hits him with a big right then two left hooks. Liston is staggering like a man stepping in post holes. Clay comes again from the left and then a right, and another right. Liston is down on one knee, now he slowly gets up, but Clay hits him again from the left side then the right then the left, left again then a right. Right, left, right left, whoaa! Liston is down and looks like he's down for the count. Its over, Liston is done, Liston is done, it's over and Clay's rights and lefts did him in.
Obama takes a right then a left from the left and he's down for the count. Without the left what's left for a President from the left?
Pseudo-Nym
Roy,
Thank you for responding. I am sorry to inconvenience you with my questions. I'm still trying to understand how to properly blog and I don't have time to do it daily as others might.
Further, if not too cumbersome, please let me know when you are not representing your own thoughts rather than the thoughts of liberals and some ignorant rednecks.
Thank you for the lesson about a horse. Heaven forbid if you used a donkey as an example.
Please don't be afraid of what you can't control or don't know. Please don't be afraid to say that the Republicans currently do not have a good candidate for the next presidential election to compete against Obama. And please don't be afraid to say that ideology is more important than anything else including a qualified candidate.
Mijo
Mijo,
Okay. But how many post do you have to make before you can learn how to blog? Oh, and please don't be afraid to by anonymous.
Pseudo-Nym
Climategate: it's all unravelling now
So many new developments: which story do we pick? Maybe best to summarise, instead. After all, it's not like you're going to find much of this reported in the MSM.
1. Australia's Senate rejects Emissions Trading Scheme for a second time. Or: so turkeys don't vote Christmas. Expect to see a lot more of this: politicians starting to become aware their party's position on AGW is completely out of kilter with the public mood and economic reality. Kevin Rudd's Emissions Trading Scheme -- what Andrew Bolt calls "a $114 billion green tax on everything" -- would have wreaked havoc on the coal-dependent Australian economy. That's why several opposition Liberal frontbenchers resigned rather than vote with the Government on ETS; why Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull lost his job; and why the Senate voted down the ETS.
2. Danes caught fiddling their carbon credits. (Hat tip: Philip Stott) Carbon trading is the Emperor's New Clothes of international finance. It was invented by none other than Ken Lay, whose Enron would currently be one of the prime beneficiaries in the global alternative energy market, if it hadn't been shown to be (nearly) as fraudulent as the current AGW scam. It is a licence to fleece, cheat and rob. Still, jolly embarrassing for the Danes to get caught red handed, what with their hosting a conference shortly in which the world's leaders will try, straight-faced, to persuade us that carbon emissions trading is the only viable way of defeating ManBearPig.
3. Hats off to The Daily Express -- the first British newspaper to make the AGW scam its front page story.
Al Gore has made hay on faulty political science by going from 2 Million worth as V.P. to $100,000,000 on this scam.
The Nobel Peace prize is the new scam as well as Hollywood's Oscars. Promoting an agenda to the ruination of what was once valid awards.
Pseudo-Nym
By Stephen Dinan
The fight over global warming science is about to cross the Atlantic with a U.S. researcher poised to sue NASA, demanding release of the same kind of climate data that has landed a leading British center in hot water over charges it skewed its data.
Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said NASA has refused for two years to provide information under the Freedom of Information Act that would show how the agency has shaped its climate data and would explain why the agency has repeatedly had to correct its data going as far back as the 1930s.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009...
Hey Roy you old Republican you, did you get my Happy B-day wish? If not a Happy B-day belated wish.. I think I e-mailed it to the right address...I was going to the State Dinner in D.C. but ate to much over Thankgiving and my Red Dress would not fit...Hope both of you old Republicans (You and your Buddy Sandra) have a Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year...
Sherry,
Thanks for the Happy B-Day wish but you know they're getting harder to swallow every year. I'm catching you and all the rest of you guys I grew up admiring. Even my brothers seem to be getting younger while I'm getting older. No matter what our politics (you yeller dog you) there's nothing like ole' friends from the past. God bless & have a Merry CHRISTmas!!!
Please pray for my sweet momma, she's 93 and living with us but she's really going down everyday in mind and body.
Pseudo-Nym
Sherry,
Thanks for 411 on my sidekicks Birthday -- what is he now? 28?
Is it really time for the "Merry Christmas" greetings and all that "be nice" stuff?
Good Grief thought I had a few more weeks of conservative chat before I had to be nice for the holidays.
:)
How do we get a Conservative Blog?
Roy Hargrave blog -- how do we get this started?
SandraR,
We'll have to dress in sheep's clothing so no one will know we're Wotten Wepublican Wight-Wingers. Also, we can't mention Fox, Rush, Coulter, Reagan, The Berlin Wall, and especially the C word - Capitalism or the Constitution, God forbid.
We can laud higher taxes, socialism, abortion, & NYC War trials. We can repeat Lettermen's Pontifications, blast West Point as the enemy camp, LOL @ Palin's stupidity, and accept Liberal intelligence over conservative ignorance.
We can act like we love Hollywood, D.C. Pelosi & Reid. Oh, and Chicago, ACORN and Global Warming emails and Taxes. And did I mention taxes?
Of course the easiest way would be to change our names to Yeller Dogs.
Time to write a letter to the editor and request a Conservative blog. Will you lead the charge, provide the carnage and present a lovely summery of the battle that took place?
FYI: Tracking shows the liberal/conservative debates provide the highest views over the other blogs.
A wise man's virw of government run health plan.
Under the banner of a campaign called Operation Coffee Cup Reagan said; "One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine."
But Reagan didn't stop there. He also spoke of how socialized health care threatens many of the freedoms we take for granted:
"The doctor begins to lose freedom.... First you decide that the doctor can have so many patients. They are equally divided among the various doctors by the government. But then doctors aren't equally divided geographically. So a doctor decides he wants to practice in one town and the government has to say to him, you can't live in that town. They already have enough doctors. You have to go someplace else. And from here it's only a short step to dictating where he will go."
And Reagan told us what would happen next:
"All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and his working methods, determine his employment. From here it's a short step to all the rest of socialism, to determining his pay. And pretty soon your son won't decide when he's in school, where he will go or what he will do for a living. He will wait for the government to tell him where he will go to work and what he will do."
And Reagan told us the shocking price of not taking action:
"And if you don't do this and if I don't do it, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children, and our children's children, what it once was like in America when men were free."
PI:
Wasn't Reagan a communist? Oh, I mean a capitalist. How can dumb sheep like us run ourselves when we have such wonderful access to Ivy Leaguers, who have all the brains to guide us into the utopian age of big government.
Now all the rest of us have to do is grin and bear it. After all, everyone knows that Chicago politics helped save the Cubs from total ruination. What further evidence do we need to save the planet from free men.
The dumbing down has taken its full toll upon the nation and only the resurrection of freedom can overcome this nonsense.
Lets start with the media's pomposity in ignoring the global warming hoax.
To SandraR: Look at the post in this blog and you'll find that we've already got a conservative blog. Substantial arguments are no longer in vogue for the left, they only use diversion tactics to shut down free flowing information.
One more thing: Al Gore turn off some of your lights and AC's in your SUV garage, your using 20 times more electricity than Idaho. Plus it would be appropriate for you to turn your Oscar and Nobel Prizes over to the respective institutions of High-handed Promoters of Raunchy American LIberals against Capitalism and Freedom.
Pseudo-Nym
Liberal politicians, past and present, have cannibalized our freedoms and morals, they wish to make sin sacred. They're quicksand to our country's foundation, and it is sinking fast. Here lies Hope, almost gone, nothing left but skin and bones! ---C.B.
Didn't mean to ignore you,Razorback. Yes, he was big on communism. Pity we no longer have such people in the leading role today. Liberals have so many faces that one is considered a crowd.
They should be called the Lon Chaney Party.
PI:
The Lon Chaney who portrayed many frightening and unusual characters? Sounds familiar! Keep up the good analogies.
That's right, Razorback, he was billed as: The Man With A Thousand Faces. I think that billing fits all liberal politicians. Look how they have allowed our borders to become meaningless. If something isn't done quickly the U.S. will no longer be the world's melting pot, it will be the world's chamber pot! I am severely handicapped: I have but one face.
PI:
Sad to say, Republicans were invested in a scheme to gain illegal's votes instead of doing what was right for the nation. The Dems are simply better at implementing their plan to gain the vote of illegals by way of making them beholden to them by way of healthcare paid by American taxpayers, and the right to vote. It will be the downfall of the nation as we now know it. Power of course is the primary motive of most of today's politicians, they care little about the principles of freedom and much about their pocketbook and power.
Goodbye America! Perhaps a few of us will be able to tell our grandkids about what the country use to be like when the people were the rule instead of invested politicians whose life and work has only been to sustain power over the masses. How sad!
Pseudo-Nym
I know there are crooks on both sides, and I know that power is their goal. I also know there is a group behind the scenes who tell the politicians when and where to jump. Many are bought before their campaign begins. I think Obama is simply a puppet. A good speaker was needed to con the gullible citizens. Obama's being black was also a must. By the way, Blacks, are the most racist people people in America. I wonder what George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington, and others would say to them about Black skin stopping them from reaching their goals? Those men and many others were successful in the 19th century. If you have something useful to offer, skin color is no barrier. I sincerely believe people are sick of the continuous whining.
For those of you who have not read the book "Are We Rome?" by Cullen Murphy
It is past time to hit the book store or library, I read this book 2 years ago. WAKE UP AMERICA!
SandraR:
We may owe Rome an apology for such comparison by the time we get through demolishing the USA with socialistic measures which have already failed other nations who have tried such absurdities on multiple occasions.
Pseudo-Nym
This excerpt is long, but well worth reading.
by Richard D. Eastman
November 1994
from WisdomAndFreedom Website
In spite of the difficulties facing America, there is still no other place I would rather live; however, our nation is at a crossroads, not unlike the difficulties faced by our forefathers. Many of the same conditions that prompted the Declaration of Independence prevail in America today. Of the indictments against the King of Great Britain, our Founders declared:
"He has erected a Multitude of new offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People and eat out their Substance."
There are literally hundreds of thousands of government employees administering various regulatory agencies with budgets in the billions of dollars. Regulatory compliance alone exceeds $460 billion annually.
Our Founders, opposed to "taxation without representation," also declared that the King was: "...imposing Taxes on us without our Consent."
Yet, taxation with representation now sees the average American working through May to meet his or her yearly local, state, and federal tax obligations.
Commenting on debt, Benjamin Franklin warned:
"The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest."
Our legislators have not balanced the federal budget since 1969, and the national debt has, since 1980, quadrupled to over $4 trillion. Its monthly interest costs now exceed the yearly interest costs of just twenty years ago.
The Declaration of Independence states:
"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights."
Our second president, John Adams, said:
"You have Rights antecedent to all earthly governments; Rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; Rights derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe."
Our Rights come from God. Why, then, are we reminded that our Rights come from the state (civil rights)? What the state gives, it can take away.
We frequently hear our nation referred to as a democracy, yet the word is not found in the Constitution. Rather, we see in Article 1, Section 4:
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican form of Government,"
The Pledge of Allegiance contains:"...and to the Republic, for which it stands..."
Commenting on our form of government, Chief Justice John Marshall stated: "Between a republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos."
The Soldiers Training Manual, issued November 30, 1928 gives the following definitions:
"TM 2000-25: 118-120, democracy - A government of the masses. Authority is derived through mass meeting or any other form of direct expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude toward property is communistic, negating property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the people shall regulate, whether it be based upon deliberation, or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences. Results in demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, and anarchy."
"TM2000-25: 120-121, republic - Authority is derived through election by the people of public officials best fitted to represent them. Attitude toward property is respect for laws and individual rights, and a sensible economic procedure. Attitude toward law is the administration of justice in accord with fixed principles, and established evidence, with a strict regard to consequences. A greater number of citizens and extent of territory may be brought within its compass. Avoids the dangerous extreme of either tyranny or mobocracy. Results in statesmanship, liberty, reason, justice, contentment, and progress."
It was upon this premise that our Founders drafted the Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. At the Constitutional Convention (1787), Benjamin Franklin declared:
"We have been assured...in the Sacred Writings, that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it."
Our duty as a nation was eloquently stated by George Washington:
"Whereas it is the duty of nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and to humbly implore His protection and favor..."
Abraham Lincoln recognized this as well:
"It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures, and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord."
In 1892, the Supreme Court recognized:
"Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise...:"
What would be the reactions to such statements made today? Outcries of "separation of church and state"? Contrary to what is often said, this phrase will not be found in the Constitution.
The foregoing statements attest to the principles which established our Constitutional Republic. Are the difficulties confronting America today the result of disregarding the wisdom and the warnings of our Founders? It is conceivable there exists a hidden agenda seeking to undermine those very principles that made America the bastion of freedom and liberty? Consider whether or not the following points are prominent in America today:
1) Development of the illusion that total disarmament would be a demonstration of moral strength.
2) Promotion of free trade between all nations regardless of communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war;
3) Provision of American aid to all nations regardless of communist domination;
4) Allowance of Soviet satellites individual representation in the United Nations;
5) Promotion of the United Nations as the "only hope for mankind". And if its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces;
6) Resistance to any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party;
7) Usage of technical decisions in the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights;
8) Acquisition of the schools and teachers' associations, and their use as transmission belts for socialism and current communist propaganda;
9) Infiltrate the press and gain control of book reviews, editorial writing, policy-making positions;
10) Acquisition of all key positions in radio, TV, and motions pictures;
11) Erosion of cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motions pictures, and TV;
12) Presentation of homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as normal, natural, and healthy;
13) Elimination of the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis;
14) Elimination of prayer or any phrase of religious expression in the schools on the grounds that it violates the principles of "separation of church and state";
15) Elimination of the House Committee on Un-American Activities;
16) Discreditation of the family as an institution and encourage promiscuity and easy divorce;
17) Promotion of the need to raise children away from the "negative" influence of parents.
These are just some of the long-term goals of the Marxist agenda for America, and can be found in the Congressional Record (January 10, 1963, pages A34, A35). They are also revealed in former FBI agent Cleon Skousen's book, The Naked Communist.
Norman Thomas, for many years the U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate, stated:
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of liberalism, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without knowing how it happened."
We have often heard many debates and discussions about the nation's debt. But who benefits from the $800 million per day interest on the national debt?
James 5:3 says:
"You have hoarded wealth in the last days."
Who is James referring to?
Does this have anything to do with the "New World Order"?
1) What are its goals?
2) Who is promoting it?
3) How much power and influence do they have?
4) How close is it?
Consider these words spoken by James Madison in 1788 as the story unfolds:
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation."
For centuries, international bankers have enjoyed a lucrative business by financing governments, and command considerable influence in the policies of such governments. Repayment of these loans could usually be guaranteed by the indebted government levying taxes upon its people. If a king or government could not or would not repay its loans, its enemy or rival would be financed. The business of financing wars was very profitable.
As the wealth of these private banking empires increased, they eventually owned, as private corporations, the various central banks of Europe. Predominant among these was the House of Rothschild, with banking houses in major European capitals. Their seat of power was located in London, through control of the Bank of England. By loaning more paper into circulation than gold to back it (fractional reserve banking), they were able to amass fortunes. Some historians contend that by 1850, the House of Rothschild had more wealth than the combined monarchies of Europe.
What better way to expand economic control than by financing Europe's colonization? And what better prize was there than America, with her industrious people and vast resources? The War of Independence was not only independence from English rule, but economic independence as well. Our Founders drafted the Constitution so that only Congress had control over our monetary system, unlike the private monopolies controlling European economics. Thomas Jefferson issued this warning:
"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
In 1792, contrary to Jefferson's warning, Alexander Hamilton established a 20 year charter with the Bank of England. When the renewal was denied in 1812, war broke out again. The charter was renewed in 1816. In 1833, President Andrew Jackson removed all moneys from this chartered bank and placed them into state banks. Mexico invaded Texas in 1836 after the renewal was again denied.
Some historians say these wars were attempts by the European banking monopolies to disrupt and control America's economy. The Civil War continued this pattern.
Abraham Lincoln said:
"The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes. I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe...corporations have been enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in the hands of a few, and the Republic is destroyed."
By the end of the 19th Century, American industrialists and bankers, through the Industrial Revolution, had achieved great wealth. An excellent account of this is Matthew Josephson's 1934 book, entitled "The Robber Barons; the Great American Capitalists 1861-1901.
The industrialists were known as "Big Business" and the Wall Street bankers as the "Money Trust". The most prominent of these was banker J.P. Morgan.
It was Morgan, working with the European banking dynasties, who created the "Financial Panic of 1907". This was an effort to manipulate Congress to approve of a central bank.
In 1912, Woodrow Wilson became President. His chief advisor and administrator was Col. Edward Mandell House, who was a proponent of world government, a representative of the European banking dynasties, and had close ties with the Morgan interests.
In 1912, House wrote a book, wherein he laid out a plan to bring America into a world government. ("Philip Dru - Administrator", by Col. Edward Mandell House, 1912. On page 222, he wrote: "...our Constitution and our laws...are not only obsolete, but even grotesque."
His plan, and, to use his own words, "a conspiracy," would seek to achieve:
1. The establishment of a central bank
2. A progressive graduated income tax
3. Control of both political parties in the U.S.
What was House's goal? "Socialism as dreamed of by Karl Marx". House, who called himself the "unseen guardian angel" of the Federal Reserve Act, in concert with the Wall Street and European bankers, convinced President Wilson of the central bank concept.
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociop...
Excellent write up.. EXCELLENT!
Wish I had been the author, SandraR.
After reading numerous blogs and news outlets, it may be time to go underground. The world is getting scary.
I sincerely believe it will take a revolution to save this nation, and then it will have to be ruled as a Republic or we will have the same mess all over again.
My friend Christa asked me to pass this on so here goes:
I don't know who penned this, but it is brilliant.
Proposed Amendment 28 to the US Constitution
"Congress shall make no law that applies to any citizen of the United States that does not apply equally to all US Senators and Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to any US Senator or Representative that does not apply equally to all citizens of the United States. All existing laws and regulations that do not meet these criteria shall be declared null and void!"
Let us get this passed around! These self-serving, shameless scoundrels have brought this upon themselves!
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I wanted to add: Congress shall make no law that has not been read and understood by all Representatives without a LAWYER.
The end of liberalism?
By Danny Huddleston
From the very beginning of the Obama presidency Democrats have been acting like kids in a candy store - doubling down on the TARP bailout and the $787 billion stimulus/slush fund. The most recent 1.1 trillion spending bill and now the health care bill which, with a little accounting sleight-of-hand, comes in at under one trillion, the Democrats are spending like there are no more tomorrows.What will be the results of all of this out of control spending?The consequences will be many but one of the most surprising results could be the end of liberalism. At least that's the opinion of this... (Read Full Article)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009...
Love reading the comments :)
"Congress shall make no law that applies to any citizen of the United States that does not apply equally to all US Senators and Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to any US Senator or Representative that does not apply equally to all citizens of the United States. All existing laws and regulations that do not meet these criteria shall be declared null and void!"
I am sorry, SandraR, but this has not been passed yet, and knowing our politicians I doubt it ever passing into law.
The end of liberalism. That would be a beautiful song.
Sandra, Roy's sweet mom passed away this week so it might be a while before he is back on. I just wanted you to know about it... She was a fine lady and raised good boys. If you read this Roy, God Bless your family.
I am sorry to hear it.
Sherry,
Thank you for sharing, this is such sad news. My heart reaches out to Roy and his family.
Sandra
Sherry & all:
Mom is in heaven and we're here in the world as we know it. Who is better off? RHETORICAL QUESTION! I've got a few things that have to be taken care of and I'll be right back on bantering with Sherry and the likes very soon. By the way, mom was a staunch Republican, and Sherry said she was "sweet." You're going to be in trouble Sherry! HA! Thanks for the prayers and so many cards from old friends in Rector. God bless!
By the way, Rector was so gracious to us at the visitation and funeral. So many, to our surprise came to give comfort though mom had not lived in Rector for a few years and she outlived almost all of her contemporaries. She was 93 and 5 months old when the Lord took her home. Rector is a great little place to be from, Democrat, Independent or Republican. Thanks again Sherry for your kind words. And from a Democrat at that! HA!
RAH
Senator Max Baucus Drunk / Intoxicated on Senate Floor - Shouts Down Wicker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Y9X5ggx...
I would drink heavily too if I had to pass this stupid bill.
Chamberlain's Appeasement Fantasy Revisited
While Bush was constantly castigated for raising the ire of international leaders, Obama has taken a different route. He bows, smiles, kicks back, talks of cooperation and what does he get in return? The same if not more of the same from the thugs that want nothing less than the U.S.A.'s demise.
Read the following article and decide for yourself
Updated December 28, 2009
Obama Extends Hand, But America's Critics Keep Fists Clenched
President Obama's repeated attempts to reach out to America's fiercest critics have ended on a sour note this year, with leaders of these nations lining up to criticize the commander-in-chief.
Dec. 18: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez reacts during a press conference at the U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen. (AP Photo)
In the realm of diplomacy with America's detractors, President Obama ends his first year in office much as George W. Bush ended his last -- unloved.
Obama appeared to "extend a hand," as he said he would do in his inauguration speech, but he didn't find many "willing to unclench (their) fist" in return.
Again and again, Obama made symbolic and concrete gestures toward some of the countries giving the United States the hardest time -- Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela.
Occasionally and briefly, recipients reciprocated. But while the intentions of these countries are shrouded and ultimately unclear, the year inarguably ended on a sour note.
In the past two weeks alone, high-ranking officials from Cuba, Iran and Venezuela have personally insulted Obama or rejected U.S. appeals for cooperation. In some cases, they did both. North Korea continues to give forever-shifting signals about its willingness to engage with the rest of the world.
The most boisterous rejection of the Obama administration came out of Iran, where President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a speech last week to supporters in which he declared, "We don't care" about international deadlines over Iran's nuclear program.
The Obama administration, working with Russia, China, France, England and Germany, set a year's-end deadline for Iran to accept a deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel. Instead, Ahmadinejad boasted that his country is "not intimidated" and is "10 times stronger than last year."
WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN TO STOP TRYING TO APPEASE DICTATORS AND THUGS AROUND THE WORLD?
RAH
RAH,
hopefully you got my message i sent you about your mom. my heart goes out to you and your family. i will forever remember her and her kindness she showed me everytime i was at your house. may she rest in peace....
RJB
Here we go: Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2009
http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/d...
RJB,
Thanks Ronnie. Though mom was almost 94, its just never easy to give them up. She lived a full life and was a godly lady. I gladly acquiesce to God's will in taking her when He did. She was getting very feeble and her mind that was always so sharp was beginning to leave her. I hope your sweet mom is doing well. As you know, we both had (have in your case) great moms. It makes me feel a little vulnerable having lost both of my parents (dad died when I was 24).
Sometimes I want to pick up the phone for some advice or encouragement from dad and mom, but then I realize it is now impossible. It also lets us know that we're next in line. God bless and again thank you for your encouragement. I know I will meet them again someday when God's ordained time arrives. Politics is in an odd way interesting and fun to discuss and of course it is important as well, but when its all said and done, it means very little when death comes knocking at our door. I hope we are ready through the love and mercies of Christ to cross that river when the bell tolls for us.
We all ought to love one another more and let each other know it. But, of course, we'll still have are disagreements until Christ comes. I suppose it would be awfully boring if we agreed on everything.
RAH
Hogs - 20 & Pirates - 17: Need I say more. Next year a BCS game perhaps for all of us Razorbacks. Happy New Year! Go Cowboys!
RAH
Received this in email:
Hidden camera videos emerged in September showing ACORN (Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now) employees advising a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute how to establish a brothel and finance it with government grants.
But it also is accused of political corruption, election fraud, racketeering, money laundering, and countless other violations of the law, according to the American Spectator article written by Matthew Vadum, senior editor at Capital Research Center, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.
http://radiopatriot.wordpress.com/2009/1...
Please watch this video as it reflects my sentiments exactly!
America Rising An Open Letter to Democrat Politicians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=662R2awSw...
I hope people will stay angry enough to actually do something. Too many depend on TV media to direct them. I would have said liberal TV media, but liberal and media are synonymous.
WOO HOO!
DEMS Update: 1 moved to the right and 3 to step down, is the world about to erupt?
I AM VERY AFRAID!
The CO2 Lie
Climate Change: A new study shows that Earth's ability to absorb carbon dioxide from all sources, including man, has remained unchanged for 160 years. As it turns out, there may be no carbon to offset.
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis...
Hey guys:
You must admit that all this heat wave across the country may be a sign that Gore is right about global warming. We're burning up down here in Florida and Arkansas is scalding! Then again, we'll soon be ice skating in Brazil and I think the Winter Olympics have been moved to Mexico.
Oh, by the way, where is Gore? He may have taken a vacation on a southern beach and accidentally been inundated with a snow-slide. What a way to go.
RAH
As the Gore party started walking out of the room, my colleague called out, "Hey, Al, how's all that global warming working out for you?" Gore turned around and stared at us with a completely dumbfounded look on his face. He was speechless. With a smile, my colleague repeated the question, again to a hapless look of dismay.
Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/t...
SandraR,
I can buy the fact that Gore was "completely dumbfounded," but "speechless." Now thats another story. Of course, "Hapless look of dismay" has always been his demeanor and rightly so.
RAH (mystified, stupefied, horrified, terrified, vilified and classified)
One more tidbit I forgot:
Human sourced climate change is an absurdity beyond measure and has no basis upon which anyone with a brain could believe without a hidden agenda, per killing capitalism and any remaining intelligence that may remain within the human race.
By the way I can't say it but lets exchange emails filled with falsifications such as snow is really fallout from the global meltdown of polar bears in the St. Louis zoo. Of course we would have to leak it to MSNBC so Keith Olbermann could clear up the matter and reinstate the reality of climate control, global warming, or whatever the you know what it is now days.
And then there is the Bible, the quant little book that has been outdated by Dawkins and his highly intelligent co-haters of God. God said, (for those of you who believe in God) that after the flood, ". . . when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." Genesis 8:21-22. Now someone is lying and its either the so-called Gore-ites (who won't debate a mouse or moose about the subject) or God. No riding the fence on this one. God's true or He's a liar! I choose the former.
RAH
VICTORY OR DEATH!
We must rid ourselves of the democratic party, progressives, liberals, etc...
Newt Gingrich: Impeach judges - Crush and Replace the Left - 2012 "Victory or Death!" Pt.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtjfMjjce...
PS #1: You don't want to see the quality of health care in America destroyed? You're probably a Nazi! You're opposed to taxpayer dollars paying for abortion? You're a birther! You don't want the same people who run the IRS and the Post Office deciding whether you get to live or die? You're an extremist! You're opposed to waiting months for an operation you could get in days today? You're outside the mainstream! You disagree with the Democrats on health care at all? Then, you're part of "well funded, highly organized groups run by Republican operatives and funded by the special interests." Like I said, there are only "people who agree with liberal Democrats 100% on everything and 'the enemy.'"
http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2009/08/t...
Its beyond comprehension that a Republican could win Ted Kennedy's Senate seat (in reality the people's seat) in Mass. of all places. If that happens (even if it is extremely close but a loss for the Republicans) it spells BIG TROUBLE in the mid-terms for Liberals all the way to 2012. Who would have thought it a year ago?
I have been encouraged by the people of this country of all parties rising up against the governance of arrogance. As I stated in my first post on this blog Lincoln's words may still be our mainstay - "That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
The Democratic Party is the party of No
No to the People's wishes
No to transperency
No to bi-partsanship
No to real healthcare reform
No to stopping earmarks
No to energy independance
No to capitalism
No to paying their taxes
I thought it was the party of yes:
Yes to socialistic agendas
Yes to unconstitutional tactics
Yes to under the table deal making (Nebraska, ad nauseam)
Yes to apologizing for the American way
Yes to burdensome taxes upon hard working Americans
Yes to closed door partisanship
Yes to Big Union deal making that the rest of Americans will have to some how cough up from our emptying coffers
Yes to more property taxes, sales taxes, state taxes, IRS taxes, fat taxes, Bank taxes, etc. taxes
Yes to excessive (ludicrous) borrowing against our posterity's future
Yes to every anti-capitalistic hoax that comes down the pike - per Global Warming or is that Climate Control or maybe an Ice Age!
Yes to . . . whatever is wrong for this country!
O M G !!!!! can we start a page 2 on all this B.S. My finger is cramping up hitting the key to scroll down to the bottom.. But then I think and ask myself"Stupid why did you waste your time reading this"... Oh before I go GOOOOO Vikings watch number 12 run, old Percy is a ex Gator. So you know who I am rooting for and I think most of the team are Democrats.So that means another Democrat will come out ahead....LOL.... And one last note Happy Birthday Luther, OOOOPS I mean Martin Luther....
How many dead people are in graves in Massachusetts? We need to know so the count can add up at the last minute. Anyone want to take bets on the Blank Panther Terrorist and SEIU Terrorist partaking in insuring the polls are safe?
Sherry you read it because we are all eager to read the CRAZY! LMAO CRAZY goes both ways :D
Sherry,
I don't trend toward a particular ideology because a football team embraces it. Odd way to come to conclusions about something as important as the direction of our country.
I'm a Cowboy fan anyway, but I am pulling for Favre and the Vikings now. It'll make old people like us feel better. LOL!
RAH
SandraR
I see dead people everywhere, especially in Mass. today. However, as bad as things are among the living I believe most of them will vote for Brown to shore up those left behind.
RAH
Please Forgive!
We must all continue to give and do what we can and pray for as much as possible the Haitian people. That could be our own families, children and friends under the rubble. Politics today pales in significance to the human suffering in Haiti today.
RAH
TICK, TOCK, TICK, TOCK . . .
The epicenter of Democratic politics for decades is now the primary roadblock for more big-government spending projects that Americans generally reject.
If Obama and the Dems don't get the message its going to be a long year terminating in another stunning election cycle that replaces the "progressives" with politicians who actually listen to the will of the people.
The day of independents is definitely in vogue!
It will also be a major boon for the pickup truck politicians.
RAH
We Shall Overcome Lyrics
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS:
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand some day
CHORUS
We shall all be free
We shall all be free
We shall all be free some day
CHORUS
We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid some day
CHORUS
We are not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone some day
CHORUS
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around some day
CHORUS
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
SandraR
Can you insert an audio file and let us sing along?
I've got one:Here goes . . .
Inauguration Day was so great for most
But now we can't even get them to post
Though our joy is only deterred by our MSNBC host
We at least were not defeated by Massachusetts ghosts
For now I am expecting the brunt of a Rector roast
So I guess I'll simply stay close to the East coast
RAH (Thank you for your applause)
Jan. 20, 2010-- President Obama said today that he believes he lost a direct connection to the American people in his first year in office because he focused too heavily on policymaking.
"If there's one thing that I regret this year is that we were so busy just getting stuff done and dealing with the immediate crises that were in front of us that I think we lost some of that sense of speaking directly to the American people about what their core values are and why we have to make sure those institutions are matching up with those values," Obama told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview at the White House.
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/presid...
If there's one thing that I regret this year is that we were so busy just getting stuff done :
1. Taking over GM
2. Having a beer summit
3. Playing golf
4. Test driving Airforce One
5. Copenhagen
6. Hiring Van Jones and Mark Lloyd...etc.
7. Lawyering up terrorist
..........too busy to notice the crowd at your door step?
SandraR:
Its been reported that, "President Obama said today that he believes he lost a direct connection to the American people in his first year in office because he focused too heavily on policymaking."
According to the press he had 158 interviews (more than Bush in his first 4 years according to one newspaper) and 411, speeches, comments and remarks through the media. Wow! How much direct connection does he need with the American people in one year before he can make a bond with the folks?
That doesn't count Hawaii, New York, and basketball pick-up games with his buddies. I would think Michael Moore would make a movie about the President wasting his time while men are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan, a country he has accelerated toward greater conflict since he took office.
I thought we were coming home under his lead. Not that I'm for such a thing at this time, but didn't he make such promises?
Its just worse than any of us even thought possible and the proof is in the pudding. Americans have turned against the Commander in Chief in mass apparently.
RAH
ha ha ha ha ha ha
Parody: Martha Coakley Answering Machine
http://mfile.akamai.com/5020/wma/rushlim...
LMAO -- will make your day :D
OMG -- This one is so friggin funny I almost laughed myself out of my chair!
Hitler Finds Out Scott Brown Won Massachusetts Senate Seat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4aQCiRjv...
LOL! L. O. L! One of the funniest things I've seen in a while.
RAH
Razorback said, "We must all continue to give and do what we can and pray for as much as possible the Haitian people. That could be our own families, children and friends under the rubble. Politics today pales in significance to the human suffering in Haiti today."
I agree, it is a bad situation for the people of Haiti. However, this country is actually not in shape to be spending billions there. When the earthquake happens here, there will be few, if any, to help us. I see nothing wrong with individuals giving their own money and time. Everyone is forced to give when the government acts. Charity begins at home.
OK -- ONE more before I get serious again...
Jeff Foxworthy on "YOU MAY BE A TALIBAN IF..."
1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to liquor.
2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes.
3. You have more wives than teeth.
4. You wipe your butt with your bare hand, but consider bacon "unclean."
5. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
6. You can't think of anyone you haven't declared Jihad against.
7. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.
8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.
9. You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least four.
10. You've always had a crush on your neighbor's goat.
11. Your cousin is president of the United States
Politically Incorrect:
I agree with your assessment %100. Its as though Americans depend almost completely on the ability of the government to get these sorts of things done when in fact, the American people have both the compassion and varying degrees of assets to fulfill those needs by way of proper motives and sincerity of heart.
Furthermore it breaks the disastrous dependance upon the government while depending upon God's provision by way of our own necessary personal responsibilities toward our fellowman within the bounds wherein we have been providentially blessed of Him.
RAH
Razorback, You are right, Personal acts of kindness are best for all concerned.
Good morning. I dreamed last night that Obama's nose was rung to stop him from totally rooting this nation to hell.
Pardon my English. I meant "Wrung."
PI
Are you sure you're not "rong" about that? I've certainly never known Obama to be wight about anything.
On a serious note, keep up the political incorrectness, it balances the universe of politics so that we don't all fall off the end of the earth. Of course Democrats believe the earth is round. I suppose they learned that at Harvard or Hollywood - how absurd. If that were true, automobiles would roll without the necessity for fuel and all our problems would be solved.
Truth be told, Dems are always wight and everybody else is wong. At least thats what Elmer Fudd thinks.
RAH (Definitively Unintelligent)
Yes, I was wight the first time. Shows us what happens when I look too long at a word. I am not too troubled over it. I have noticed worse mistakes in the writings of those much brighter than myself. At my age, I do not want to fall into the habit of no punctuation at all, for I would not be able to revert when I need to.
Great example of multiculturalism:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washin...
Liberal lie-detector: Stethoscope.
Obama says court ruling a blow to democracy:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100123/pl_n...
The claim the SCOTUS decision "levels the playing field" completely misses the mark. Right now all entities that are considered as corporations (including unions and special interest groups) are covered by the same restrictions. Now that the floodgates are open, that playing field will be severely slanted in favor of the multi-national corporations. Unions, special interest groups and smaller American businesses will be unable to compete. Just consider Exxon-Mobile. Their most recent annual profit was $45B. Their Board of Directors could decide to spend as little as 3% of that profit on national, state and local campaigns. That's $1.35B! That's just one multi-national. Shell (Dutch), BP (British), Fox Media (Australian) will be able to do the same. Just in case you don't understand what is going to happen, consider this. The folks who control the multi-nationals are RINOs and LINOs. They don't care about you and they don't care about the republic. Do you think they will be putting their bucks behind Sarah Palin in the primaries, or a RINO they can keep under their thumbs?
AMERICA is not awake they are following the next wolf in sheeps clothing is there any hope for us?
PI, SandraR, etc.,
Are we mutating into monstrosities by the inbreeding of our conservative ideas without the assistance of the cumulative intelligence of opposing forces?
It appears that we have run the "evil" (LOL) empire off this board and thereby effectively eradicated the necessity of exercising what little intelligence we have left.
Opposition may be radically cruel to the fainthearted but the absence of opposition (as to it's voice) has the effect of vacating our mental capacities by way of absurdity.
Are we becoming the antithetical sheep in wolves clothing?
Am I wight or wong concerning this observation? Be delicate as to your answer, I think I may be going crazy!
RAH
Yes, you are wight or wong, Razorback. LOL
We may be well on the way to insanity, but it will not be too noticable in today's society.
They are reading but not responding in the hopes we will tire of proving our point day after day :D
MSNBC MELTING DOWN BEFORE OUR EYES!
The magnanimous Ed Shultz in battle with WH spokesman, Gibbs
Chris Matthews now blasting Dems on a daily basis
OBAMA - Most polarizing President in history - Gallup Poll
National Debt - $12,245,872,000,000 (Is that 12 gazillion?)
Kennedy legacy = Scott Brown
Massachusetts = Republican Senator
Foreign Terrorists = equal rights with Americans in the courtroom
Largest drop in December of home sales -17% - in 40 years
Unemployment going up in real numbers on a weekly basis
Multiplied Reports of job losses that will never be regained
Haiti mess as to USA's involvement not the issue that Katrina was in Bush years. Wonder why! MEDIA BIAS PERHAPS
Mass Media imploding, New York Times downsizing daily - how sad, fiction is always fun to read.
Air America (Liberal Radio) finally off the air for good due to fact that only an average of 17 people listened daily (the same 17 people in fact)
Democrats retiring before 2010 election
And most importantly - its all George Bush's fault according to serpent head Carville and his minions.
Global Warming scam continues to be exposed. Gore living in his basement with the drapes pulled and his 27 SUV's in a secret location.
Nobel Peace Prize winners selling their awards for a loaf of bread and their engraved tombstones.
OK, the last few are right-wing propaganda gimmicks to divert attention away from the real problem - The President's usage of his teleprompter in an elementary classroom. Is that absurd or what?
LINK: Don't miss this! http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/...
Oh! Forgot, body bags still arriving from Iraq and Afghanistan but no press to cover it now that you know who is in charge.
One more thing, Europe still hates our guts and so does the Middle East, South America, the former Soviet Union and 4,171,348 people in Canada. So much for bowing and groveling to dictators by way of castigating our own country and apologizing for our dominance, wealth, freedoms and a host of other propaganda tools.
TIP OF THE DAY: If you don't like waiting in line at the airports of the U.S.A. just go to Europe or Canada and stand in line for a heart bypass for a few months.
Just reporting the news, don't shoot the messenger
Words of wisdom:
"Consider well the important trust . . . which God . . . [has] put into your hands. . . . To God and posterity you are accountable for [your rights and your rulers]. . . . Let not your children have reason to curse you for giving up those rights and prostrating those institutions which your fathers delivered to you. . . . [L]ook well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust. . . . Think not that your interests will be safe in the hands of the weak and ignorant; or faithfully managed by the impious, the dissolute and the immoral. Think not that men who acknowledge not the providence of God nor regard His laws will be uncorrupt in office, firm in defense of the righteous cause against the oppressor, or resolutly oppose the torrent of iniquity. . . . Watch over your liberties and privileges - civil and religious - with a careful eye."
[Matthias Burnett, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Norwalk, An Election Sermon, Preached at Hartford, on the Day of the Anniversary Election, May 12, 1803 (Hartford: Printed by Hudson & Goodwin, 1803), pp. 27-28.]
"Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens." George Washington.
ANOTHER GREAT QUOTE
"Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . . . [I]f the next centennial does not find us a great nation . . . it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces."
[James A. Garfield, The Works of James Abram Garfield, Burke Hinsdale, editor (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883), Vol. II, pp. 486, 489, "A Century of Congress," July, 1877.]
Drone Strike on Al Qaeda Scrapped 'Cause Officials Feared Prosecution
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=9651830
White House lawyers are mulling the legality of proposed attempts to kill an American citizen, Anwar al Awlaki, who is believed to be part of the leadership of the al Qaeda group in Yemen behind a series of terror strikes, according to two people briefed by U.S. intelligence officials.
One of the people briefed said opportunities to "take out" Awlaki "may have been missed" because of the legal questions surrounding a lethal attack which would specifically target an American citizen.
A spokesperson said the White House declined to comment.
While Awlaki has not been charged with any crimes under U.S. law, intelligence officials say recent intelligence reports and electronic intercepts show he played an important role in recruiting the accused "underwear bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Awlaki also carried on extensive e-mail communication with the accused Fort Hood shooter, Major Nidal Hasan, prior to the attack that killed 12 soldiers and one civilian.
According to the people who were briefed on the issue, American officials fear the possibility of criminal prosecution without approval in advance from the White House for a targeted strike against Awlaki.
An American citizen with suspected al Qaeda ties was killed in Nov. 2002 in Yemen in a CIA predator strike that was aimed at non-American leaders of al Qaeda. The death of the American citizen, Ahmed Hijazi of Lackawanna, NY, was justified as "collateral damage" at the time because he "was just in the wrong place at the wrong time," said a former U.S. official familiar with the case.
In the case of Awlaki, born in New Mexico and a college student in Colorado and California, a strike aimed to kill him would stretch current Presidential authority given to the CIA and the Pentagon to pursue terrorists anywhere in the world.
If the information is true, he is already guilty of treason and that is a death sentence.
Holder, and Obama in their misguided idea, to grant terrorists Const. rights, have started a war between the CIA and the admin. What the admin has created is a mechanism where our people that are fighting this war on terror fear prosecution, and persecution by our own gov, which for their own self preservation, will do nothing which is dangerous for all Americans.Obama has in effect, taken away a major defense weapon in our fight on terror. The trial of the Navy Seals going on now, is only helping the enemy and making our own forces take the attitude that the CIA has, which is do nothing.
H & O are only misguided as to the opinions of sane people. In their view it is carefully guided toward the destruction of the Constitution's validity. This is only one piece of the puzzle for "progressives" to dismantle all that has previously been held sacred in this great nation. By spending into hades and taxing to the high heavens those who actually produce in this country their agenda is being served with careful deliberation and vision. Visions of a broken system that they can rebuild in their own image. Of course its already been tried and failed in the former Soviet Socialists Republic. Ours will also be a Republic soon but not the one envisioned by our forefathers. It will be a Banana Republic and our children and our grandchildren will pay the piper. Democrats are being replaced by progressives. JFK would vote against them himself he were able to.
RAH
A Bounce is usually in vogue after the POTUS SOTU Speech.
Of course, what goes up, must come down.
I was not surprised by his lack of decorum in that setting for his rebuke of the Supreme Court's recent decision. I suppose he now wants to run all three branches of the government.
That's not wise seeing that he's having a hard enough time running the executive branch.
Talk is cheap, actions are in vogue in the present political environment.
Bush is to blame should have been expected by all so that shouldn't surprise anyone. When he finally looks forward instead of behind things may actually begin the long road back
His outline of bigger government was the same old story and we're still on a course of more spending, spending, spending.
Scott Brown's election in Mass. will be the norm in the 2010 elections if Obama keeps going down the "progressive" road of perdition.
We'll see in a few months if talk can translate into a return to our historic approach of fiscal restraint. My sincere opinion is more spending, less restraint and the continued over-reaching in an economy on the brink.
One last observation is that he was bi-partisan one moment while extremely divisive at other times.
Anyone who thinks Obama and minions want the best for this country is a fool. Their morals are an affront to decency. The liberal media is romancing the clone, Obama is a mental clone of Karl Marx.
Friends, I hear the networks have created a TV show for Obama. It is called, THIS OLD MOUTH.
CBO numbers will be coming out soon and they apparently show a much bleaker picture of the economic impact of Obama's expansive agenda. MORE DEBT, MORE UNEMPLOYMENT, MORE SOCIALISM! A recipe for disaster of course.
A recipe for revolt and a civil war to secede from Washington DC.
My fellow Americans,
I have made many mistakes in my life but now I'm able to blame them all on someone else. If we're to look up to our President as Americans have always been encouraged to do as well as emulate their exemplary behavior we no longer have to take responsibility for our actions. I feel so free now!
I could say more but I don't want to say "I" 137 times in such a brief confession. Of course, you know who started it, maybe its now in vogue to be so consumed with myself. I know I am able to overcome if I put my mind to it. I am really impressed in that I can do what I want to do and yet blame it on somebody else. Its also extremely fulfilling to know how dumb the rest of the sheeple are, I can now look down my nose at the poor chumps.
Now its your turn, get use to it, it feels good. Just stop what your doing and take a deep breath and chant the word "I" 137 times and you'll feel much better about yourself. Didn't someone else say something about this practice? I think it was something like, "an I for an I."
RAH (the I man and proud of it).
The quotes above were scanned directly from a now long-forgotten book entitled Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism, which was written and published in 1974 by William Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn and other members of the Weather Underground. In this slim volume, which functioned as the Weather Underground's ideological manifesto, Ayers declares himself to be a communist, and announces that his group's bombing campaign was intended to start a violent revolution to overthrow the American government.
After a long search, I was lucky enough to finally get my hands on a copy of the original edition of Prairie Fire, which is now extremely rare and hard to find. It was written in secret while Ayers and his fellow Weather Underground members were still in hiding and on the run, and still actively engaging in bombings and other violent acts.
This essay features many high-resolution scans of quotes and entire pages taken directly from Prairie Fire, which journalists, bloggers and other media members are free to copy and re-post.
If you're interested only in viewing or downloading the scans taken from Prairie Fire, scroll down this page to see a large selection of shocking quotations which you can use as you see fit. My introductory explanation below simply provides context and elucidates why the text of Prairie Fire is so significant at this very moment in history.
http://www.zombietime.com/prairie_fire/
PI:
Good heads up on the link.Thanks!
RAH
Eye Opener to say the least, thanks for the link.
Writing for the Supreme Court of the United States in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission yesterday, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy noted that campaign-finance laws required that "a speaker wishing to avoid criminal-liability threats and the heavy costs of defending against FEC enforcement must ask a governmental agency for prior permission to speak."
Think about that for a moment: Citizen of the United States needed to seek permission from a government agency before speaking about a politician who ostensibly is a representative of the people. Not only that, but a citizen who spoke without government permission was at risk of a prison sentence.
In 2007, Citizens United Productions released a film entitled "Hillary The Movie."Naturally, we wanted to advertise our film and distribute it to those who wished to see it via cable "on-demand." In an unconscionable violation of our First Amendment rights, the government restricted us from doing so because the film and the advertisements that I produced referenced a candidate for federal office.
I was stunned by the government's decision. I believe that, above every other category of speech, political speech must be the most protected. If our right to political speech can be denied by the government, how are we to hold our representatives to that government accountable for their actions? If we are not permitted to speak about our own government, can it truly be considered "our" government?
Read More... http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan...
Razorback and SandraR. Thanks, you have both posted links and personal knowledge that have been of help to me. I appreciate all that you two do. I wonder how many liberals read any of these comments? Mr. Crow will probably be back if Obama makes a brief "comeback."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns.
By a 5-4 vote, the court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said corporations can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to pay for their own campaign ads. The decision, which almost certainly will also allow labor unions to participate more freely in campaigns, threatens similar limits imposed by 24 states.
It leaves in place a prohibition on direct contributions to candidates from corporations and unions.
Critics of the stricter limits have argued that they amount to an unconstitutional restraint of free speech, and the court majority apparently agreed.
"The censorship we now confront is vast in its reach," Justice Anthony Kennedy said in his majority opinion, joined by his four more conservative colleagues.
However, Justice John Paul Stevens, dissenting from the main holding, said, "The court's ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions around the nation."
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor joined Stevens' dissent, parts of which he read aloud in the courtroom.
The justices also struck down part of the landmark McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill that barred union- and corporate-paid issue ads in the closing days of election campaigns.
Advocates of strong campaign finance regulations have predicted that a court ruling against the limits would lead to a flood of corporate and union money in federal campaigns as early as this year's midterm congressional elections.
The decision, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, removes limits on independent expenditures that are not coordinated with candidates' campaigns.
The case also does not affect political action committees, which mushroomed after post-Watergate laws set the first limits on contributions by individuals to candidates. Corporations, unions and others may create PACs to contribute directly to candidates, but they must be funded with voluntary contributions from employees, members and other individuals, not by corporate or union treasuries.
Read More... http://www.citizensunited.com/index.aspx
Get ready:
There may be a presidential candidate in a Florida Bush. Inside info from conservatives in Florida is that Jeb is not similar to the 2 Bushes we've had. From personal encounters with Jeb he is definitely not a closet progressive. He is much more conservative on most issues than his kin.
One liability, his immigration scheme is presently horrendous. However, watch for him as the potential candidates begin their track toward a possible White House address.
I'm not sure what I think about the possibility but I promise you he will be a formidable foe for the Dems if he decides to run.
Get ready however, for the Quayle, Palin, Reagan attack machine to gear up their vitriol and squash him in the delivery room.
Just a little fodder for the board - But serious as well.
I'm sure it'll get some of the Dems back on the board they've abandoned for the past 343 years.
RAH
Right, and the Democrats will hold a Séance to resurrect Obama, it will become a frenzied, masochist paradise.
A Plethora of necessary facts:
TAX INCREASES COMING!
For those making over $250,000 which Obama had promised when the clock ran out on Bush's tax cuts. But what is most interesting is the tax cuts which were not going to affect below $250,00 becoming reality, even for those whose income is in the $37,000 range. Not typical taxation but taxation by stealth. Many hidden taxes will be passed on to the lower and especially the middle class taxpayer. So much for promises.
A Progressive Politician is one who believes that his or her ilk of intellectual elites have a duty to manipulate the masses due to their so-called superior understanding of what is right or what is wrong for the sheeple. There are some Republicans who are secret progressives and their are many past Democrats who are progressives. They believe the government (themselves) knows best and the people, like dumb sheep need to be told what to eat, drink, believe, as well as how to behave.
The Democratic party is disappearing into progressivism and very soon if Obama and his cronies have their way there won't be any Truman or JFK Democrats left to defend the old democratic principles. Not that i agree with those principles but they sure trump the progressive nightmare America is facing. I hope that I'm wrong, but it seems that many if not most people in this country are absolutely ignorant of whats coming down the pike.
If you like Europe you'll love America very soon!
RAH
I avoid the abortion debate because I believe in choice but this is so completely WRONG I am at a loss for words concerning this blatant abuse of power.
White House Gets Even With Stupak
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q...
Bart Stupak is learning a valuable lesson in dealing with Barack Obama.
The visuals all around on this look bad -- especially with the Winter Olympics coming up.
Congress funds a $1 million scholarship fund at Northern Michigan University for aspiring Olympic athletes. Robert Costa notesthe scholarship was renamed in 1998 for Bart Stupak's son who had committed suicide.
Stupak, you will remember, insisted that Obamacare not fund abortion, even against the wishes of Barack Obama.
On Monday morning, when Obama unveiled his budget he had killed the B. J. Stupak scholarship for aspiring Olympians. The Olympics begin in ten days.
Watching "Inherit the Wind" Again -- how could I have forgotten how good this is?
A person who believes Obama cares about this nation is in his opium parlor too often.
Obama urges Democratic colleagues to turn off the TV, talk to folks
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-w...
Reporting from Washington - In a morning pep talk to Senate Democrats, President Obama urged his allies to buck up despite electoral setbacks, bear down in the final push to overhaul healthcare -- and, whatever they do, quit relying on blogs and cable television for news.
In other words, do not listen to their constituents.
Vulnerable Dems Seek Distance from Obama:
As Congress begins picking through President Obama's vast election year budget, many Democratic incumbents and candidates seem to be finding something they love -- to campaign against.
A Democratic Senate candidate in Missouri denounced the budget's sky-high deficit. A Florida Democrat whose district includes the Kennedy Space Center hit the roof over NASA budget cuts. And an endangered Senate Democrat denounced proposed cuts in farm subsidies.
A headline on the 2010 campaign website of Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), blares her opposition to Obama's farm budget: Blanche stands up for Arkansas farm families,'' it says.
Heading into an election season in which Republicans are trying to tie Democrats to Obama's unpopular policies, Obama's budget gives his fellow Democrats an unlikely campaign tool -- a catalogue of ways to establish their distance from controversial aspects of his administration.
When will Dems recognize that their politicians don't care for the little guy, they simply want them to stay the little guy who keeps voting them. Look at what they're doing to farmers but the farmers always vote for them. They seem to never learn.
RAH
They, the Dems, still believe one can lead a horse to the cotton gin and make it drink. The rest of us know a horse won't touch gin!
After Scott Brown's victory, Obama cried for smarter hornswogglers.
Lets be honest:
What is looking up these days in America, besides debt, unemployment and taxes?
I would say, a renewed interest in a constitutional government of the people, by the people and for the people. Anything less, or more than that is disaster at the doorstep of our nation.
Throw out the so-called elitists from all parties and put in some common sense for a change.
RAH
INTERESTING TAKE ON RETAIL AND POLITICAL CAPITAL . . .
Forget Polls, Here's Tangible Proof the Obama Honeymoon is Over
February 04, 2010 10:29 AM ET | Doug Heye | Permanent Link | Print
By Doug Heye, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
One sign that Washington, D.C., had been home to Obama Mania was the number of independent retailers selling all sorts of Obama merchandise. Every street corner, it seemed, had Obama wares (or Obama wear) for sale. Now, however, most of the winter caps for sale are not emblazoned with the Obama logo. T-shirts depicting our president as a dunking Michael Jordan, a victorious Muhammad Ali, or saber-baring Luke Skywalker (yes, these shirts all existed) are nowhere to be found.
This time last year, the Obama Store was teeming with customers. Ideally situated in the basement of Washington's Union Station, the store was filled with consumers eager to buy anything with Obama's likeness while others took pictures of the life-size cut-outs of the president and first lady. Now, the Obama Store is boarded up.
How quickly things change in a year.
The Obama Store was capitalism at its most brilliant rawness; find a market and exploit it quickly. The store made possible one-stop shopping for all of your tacky Obama merchandise needs. T-shirts! Hats! Calendars! Hand-warmers! Keychains! It was like something out of Spaceballs ("Obama: The Flame Thrower! The kids love this one."). The store carried every imaginable product with the words "Obama" and "Commemorative," except, notably, the Obama Chia Pet.
Of course, the closing of the Obama Store may not be due solely to Obama's falling popularity. Perhaps the faltering economy (which Obama has nothing to do with, he keeps telling us) played a role. Regardless, the store was ideally situated to make big profits. Not only was it in the District of Columbia, where Obama won 93 percent of the vote, but Union Station is swarmed by the most wallet-opening demographic of them all--tourists!
Sure, polls are unanimous that support from Obama loyalists is receding, but polls pale in comparison to real anecdotal evidence. Last week, Amber Lee Ettinger, better known as "Obama Girl," announced that she has fallen out of love with the president--leading to the question: If Obama has lost Obama Girl, has he lost America? Meanwhile, the Pepsi campaign that borrowed heavily from Obama has fizzled.
This Valentine's Day, visitors to Union Station who had hoped to express their love for a significant other with a $20 pink T-shirt of Barack and Michelle Obama in a heart-shaped picture commemorating the "Presidential Romance" (or T-shirts of Obama and Joe Biden commemorating the "Presidential Bromance," for that matter) may now be unable to do so. That the Obama Store--which apparently received no stimulus money--has closed may be the most tangible sign yet that the honeymoon is over.
We no longer see school kids on TV singing their songs of praise to Obama. That's a relief. I would like to meet the liberal who composed that travesty.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/79663...
Senate Democrats held back from asking President Barack Obama about healthcare reform during a carefully scripted question-and-answer session in front of television cameras.
With the cameras rolling, a group of senators selected in advance by the Democratic leadership asked questions about such topics as partisan gridlock and GOP obstruction.
Do you know what "Iran" means in Farsi? Aryan.
You may want to watch this video its so well done.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/article...
Can you believe that even the EU is growing weary with Obama?
Hollywood now skeptical itself of his inability to translate talk into substantial action.
Bloated expectations of a BushLess Utopia and an Obama coronation have now turned into a monumental disaster, the likes of which have rarely been witnessed through over 200 years of our nation's history.
When Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews start throwing darts at one another you know the sky is falling in on the Progressive Dems.
I prefer calling them the Regresssive Dems who are going to pass their misery on to our great grandchildren if there is still an America left by that time.
razorback,
I truly hope we default on our loans to CHINA pull our troops back so we can kick there A#$. China has been the manipulating force behind the scenes of this debacle.
Its time to take a stand and take our country back from these communist manipulators.
A Patriot of America
SandraR, I think what we need to do is keep our "leaders" feet to the fire. Our so called leaders, I mean. What's needed is a war on those politicians who smirk and sneer at the Constitution immediately after taking a sacred oath to defend it.
SandraR & PI
You guys scare me to death. I disavow your vitriol so as not to be the first to be executed in the upcoming gas chambers.
Concerning China they now openly state that they possess an army that is almost a quarter of a billion strong. Sounds almost absurd doesn't it? Well consider biblical revelation written 2000 years ago.
Read of the coming apocalypse in the New Testament and see if there is a parallel in these prophetic statements:
First we see the number of the coming army as prophesied against Israel - Revelation 9:1 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.
Secondly, we see their origin - Revelation 16:12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. (CHINA?)
Prepare thyself!
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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2200rank.html
razorback, I am so old that I hope nature will silence me before they can. I do realize what will happen to the masses once the NWO takes control. So, "Prepare thyself!" is fair warning.
Obama wants transparency now that he's down
He'll meet with the Republicans to reissue orders on Health Care (He just doesn't get it) but he will not start at ground zero he said. Whats on the table is on the table and the Republicans can add their (literally) 2 cents worth. Well 2 cents is not much input when it involves 1/6 of the U.S. economy. Just another frail attempt at fooling the masses into thinking Obama really cares about others opinions.
Seriously, the President is worse than I ever dreamed possible for this country and I thought it would be a nightmare to begin with. Get use to European Utopia (more like futility) if he gets his foot in the door and say goodbye to the USA we've known in our lifetime.
RAH
Surprise?
Independent voters see Pres. Obama in a negative light by a nearly 2-1 margin, according to a new Marist College survey, while almost half of voters say he has failed to meet their expectations.
The poll, conducted Feb. 1-3, showed just 44% of registered voters approving of Obama's job as president. 47% disapprove. But among indie voters, Obama's approval rating sits at a terrible 29%, while his disapproval rating is at 57%.
Obama's 44% job approval rating is the lowest he has scored in any non-internet poll since moving into the WH, according to a review of data compiled by Pollster.com.
And while GOPers strive to avoid attacking Obama personally, for fear of offending voters who see him in a favorable light personally, even that aura of invincibility is wearing off. Independent voters view Obama negatively, too, by a 39% favorable to 52% unfavorable margin. All registered voters still see Obama favorably by a 50%-44% margin, but that's down 5 points in just 2 months.
Voters are disappointed in what they got with Obama's first year. The poll shows 47% believe Obama has failed to meet their expectations -- including a quarter of Dems, 65% of GOPers and 53% of indie voters -- while just 42% say he has met their expectations. 38% say Obama's policies are moving the country in the wrong direction, while 37% say they're making the country better.
Meanwhile, members of Congress should brace for a difficult election year. 42% of registered voters said they would back their current member of Congress, while 44% said they would support someone else -- a drop of 9 points in support of the incumbent in just 2 months.
The Marist College poll surveyed 910 registered voters for a margin of error of +/- 3.2%.
For all Global Warming Enthusiasts:
RFK, Jr. 15 Months ago: Global warming means no snow or cold in DC - By: David Freddoso, Online Opinion Editor 02/08/10 5:05 PM EST
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who flies around on private planes so as to tell larger numbers of people how they must live their lives in order to save the planet, wrote a column last year on the lack of winter weather in Washington, D.C.
In Virginia, the weather also has changed dramatically. Recently arrived residents in the northern suburbs, accustomed to today's anemic winters, might find it astonishing to learn that there were once ski runs on Ballantrae Hill in McLean, with a rope tow and local ski club. Snow is so scarce today that most Virginia children probably don't own a sled. But neighbors came to our home at Hickory Hill nearly every winter weekend to ride saucers and Flexible Flyers. In those days, I recall my uncle, President Kennedy, standing erect as he rode a toboggan in his top coat, never faltering until he slid into the boxwood at the bottom of the hill. Once, my father, Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, brought a delegation of visiting Eskimos home from the Justice Department for lunch at our house. They spent the afternoon building a great igloo in the deep snow in our backyard. My brothers and sisters played in the structure for several weeks before it began to melt. On weekend afternoons, we commonly joined hundreds of Georgetown residents for ice skating on Washington's C&O Canal, which these days rarely freezes enough to safely skate.Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil and its carbon cronies continue to pour money into think tanks whose purpose is to deceive the American public into believing that global warming is a fantasy.
Having shoveled my walk five times in the midst of this past weekend's extreme cold and blizzard, I think perhaps RFK, Jr. should leave weather analysis to the meteorologists instead of trying to attribute every global phenomenon to anthropogenic climate change.
UPDATE: RFK, Jr. never saw this much snow when he was a kid.
MY comment: What a difference 15 months make!!! From Global meltdown to Ice Age mixed in with a few phony emails between lying pseudo scientists who want to get famous at the expense of capitalism's death and Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize for most SUV's in one heated garage along with Obama's Peace Prize for what he intends to do in a distant future if not galaxy.
Oh! I forgot Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize - If I'm not mistaken my friend, for blowing in the wind!
LINK http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/US-Magazi...
NEWSWEEK CIRCULATION PLUNGES BY 41 PERCENT; TIME, 35%
Monday, 08 Feb 2010 09:55 AM
Circulation for U.S. magazines slipped more than 2 percent in the second half of 2009. A new report also finds that single-copy sales, which are more lucrative for publishers, dropped more than 9 percent.
Among some of the better-known titles that plunged, according to The New York Times:
"W, down 41.7 percent to about 25,000 for an average issue; Newsweek, down 41.3 percent to about 62,000 (Newsweek had decreased the number of copies on sale, noted a spokesman); SmartMoney, down 37 percent to about 26,000; Time, down 34.9 percent to about 90,000; Good Housekeeping, down 30.7 percent to 395,000; and Redbook, down 30.1 percent to 126,000."
With the weak economy still putting a damper on spending and with plenty of free reading available online, overall magazine circulation in the U.S. fell 2.2 percent in the six months ended in December. That's according to industry figures released Monday.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations says paid subscriptions fell 1.1 percent and single-copy sales at newsstands and other retailers was down 9.1 percent. The count is based on 472 magazine titles that had comparable figures.
One question. Where have all the liberals gone?
The liberals are being faded out with Progressives. The progressives are busy writing papers about how to destroy America.
Obama's strategy:
"Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?"
It has blown up in both his faces.
BTW, the quote is by Mark Twain.
It seems Mother Nature is contradicting Al Gore and other panic mongers.
PI:
I beg to differ - Al Gore is being contradicted by the God of heaven and earth. Mother nature is a euphemism for "there is no God!"
The Bible plainly states, "that it is God who brings calamity."
Mother nature is a blowhard, God is Creator and sustainer of His own creation and does with it and with us as He pleases according to His own holy and infinite wisdom.
HowTo:Become a Dictator
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/HowTo...
Do you like the idea of gigantic hordes of people rhythmically shouting out your name? Would you like to oversee a military parade from the balcony of your luxurious palace? Are your looks so gorgeous that everybody should be able to admire them in lurid posters all over the town? Would you like to plan a uniform for yourself? Would things be better if you were in charge? Are you just what this country needs? Would you like to hold the destiny of a nation in your mortal hands? Do you want these questions to stop? If your answer is yes (and it should be), this is the article for you. Ah, dictatorship. Just like playing Sid Meier's Civilization, only a lot cooler.
Razorback,
I have said and heard "Mother Nature" all my life and never heard anyone complain about it. Suppose a person says they had a Nature call, should he say he has a God call? I have never heard a soul say that in all my years. It looks as though you are trying to brand me as an atheist.
'Mother nature is a euphemism for "there is no God!" ' It may be in your eyes, however, to me it is an innocent figure of speech. Is it nature for a man to eat, drink and sleep? Is it nature for most dogs and cats to fight? Nature can be a euphemism for God to some people
I guess we can chalk my evil up to God: Isaiah, 45, 7: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Surely, in "His own holy and infinite wisdom" He will forgive a sinner such as I. Thank you for pointing everything out.
PI,
You may have misunderstood, I intended no judgment upon your faith. The world has simply hijacked God's preeminence and replaced it with a new vocabulary. Same thing that has happened in American politics, education, etc.
If for instance the Democrats arguments don't work anymore they simply redefine the terms. I've used the term mother nature for most of my life as well but I'm sincerely trying to correct my language to fit reality.
Mother nature as it is called may correctly describe the general category of specific means that God has created to operate the earthly system containing multiplied complexities, but He is the controller of those means and they do not operate outside of His divine will and eternal purposes.
Those, however who deny God's direct intervention with His own creation do more often than not use the phrase, "mother nature," as a euphemism for denying such theistic control of heaven and earth.
Our forefathers actually preferred the phrase, "God's providence" over growing attempts to usurp God's sovereignty over all things.
Your proof text: Isaiah 45:7 is the consummate verification of this truth, though the Hebrew word translated "evil" is more correctly to be understood as well as translated, calamity. Please, don't take offense, because I certainly didn't mean such in my statements.
RAH
PI,
By the way, I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment, yet by way of differing terms, that God is definitely contradicting Al Gore and his ilk of fear mongers.
RAH
SandraR:
The persuasion that leads the propensity of man's heart to dominate others by force is the grandest form of insanity. Hitler was perhaps the consummate example of such and yet others may have learned from him how to hide their intentions more carefully under the guise of necessity by way of a manufactured crisis that only the dominating elitist can solve. Are we observing such before our very eyes today in our own country?
RAH
Reid's Office Wins Best Lie
Of The Year, So Far
By Stephen Lendman
2-11-10
Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California, was doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that Congressman Harry Reid's great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid share this common ancestor.
The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows in Montana territory:
On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this inscription: 'Remus Reid, horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
So Judy recently e-mailed Congressman Harry Reid for information about their great-great uncle.
Believe it or not, Harry Reid's staff sent back the following biographical sketch for her genealogy research:
"Remus Reid was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.."
NOW THAT'S how it's done, folks.
That's real POLITICAL SPIN
Go here to see pictures: http://rense.com/general89/reid.htm
PI,
Hilarious! My uncle once fell out of a tree and was eaten by my Grandfather's hogs gone wild. Of course he survived by way of the pig's indigestion before they finished him off. What a great heritage I possess.
PI That was the perfect interpretation of political speak :)
Where is Al Gore?
The prominent advocate of Global warming, Phil Jones admits now that there hasn't been warming in over a decade. Other scientists are suggesting that "readings" over 100 years in the past is suspect to say the least. And we've been hearing of hundreds of thousands of years in the past.
Conservatives are not surprised but progressives like Obama are pushing forward against science itself. And all this time, conservatives were considered non-scientific and liberals were all for science.
Now we learn that the progressive wing of the democratic party really doesn't believe in true scientific data. They believe in propaganda science to carry on their political agenda.
Has anyone seen Al lately? NO! He'll stay hidden away until the news cycle changes.
WHAT A HOAX that millions bought into! Gullibility is at an all-time high in what was once a nation of discernment and true knowledge. WHAT A SHAME!
Gore: Global Warming 'Worse Than We Thought'
In the midst of heavy snow fall all over the United States and a recent admission from global warming advocate Phil Jones that there has been no warming since 1995, former Vice-President Al Gore is sticking to his guns. In a February 12 statement, he writes on his website the following:
More evidence of the climate crisis is unfolding before our eyes. The situation in the Arctic is worse than data from satellite pictures have told us:
"For scientists studying the health of Arctic sea ice, satellite observations are absolutely essential for providing the big picture. It was satellites that revealed in September 2007 a record minimum ice coverage in the region -- the result of a massive summer melt. And it was satellites that showed in 2008 and 2009 the modest recovery of late-summer Arctic ice that suggested to some that the specter of a totally ice-free polar ocean might be somewhat less imminent than feared."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/w...
SandraR:
He's gotta stick with his guns, otherwise he'll be buried in debt if his carbon stocks fall out of favor. Nobel Peace Prize may have to be sold at auction to pay for his SUV's if that happens.
When are you guys going to stop bloviating. (Bill O'Reilly word) I would love to hear form Charlie Crow again. This blog is really getting boring.
I for one agree with Rector Grad 1965. My one question is, whose stopping him? We'd love to hear from him ourselves or any other progressive liberals who would like to bloviate with the rest of us :)
Does anyone want to stop in to see Charlie , then and ask why he is no longer talking? Could it be our dire warnings came to fruition and he is simply embarrassed to show his mug?
To the "bored" on this board:
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'll take "boring" over the coming apocalypse if Obama keeps jamming his far-left agenda down America's throat by any means available to him. Including unconstitutional ones.
Is it time to request a conservative blog? Who wants to ask Ron?
Lay-off letter from an excellent boss.
Dear Employees:
As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way.
To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%. But since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off sixty of our employees instead.
This has really been bothering me since I believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who would have to go.
So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lots and found sixty 'Obama' bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change...... I gave it to them.
I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.
THE BOSS
SandraR:
Funny story!
Now for the news of the day . . .
Today new numbers came out concerning the unemployment rate. It rose to 473,000 compared to the market expectations for 430,000.
Also, inflation is beginning to inevitably filter its way into the economy. A report from the department showed prices paid at the farm and factory gate rose a faster-than-expected 1.4 percent from December as higher gasoline prices and unusually cold temperatures helped boost energy costs.
This trend would mean close to a 17% annual inflation rate which means we need at least a 17% raise in wages to stay dead even. The unemployment line is growing so thats not going to happen. And, of course anyone with a brain knows that printing monopoly money incessantly always adds up to inflation.
We're in for the long haul according to most economists who admit that the burgeoning U.S. debt is pulling down almost every sector.
Sadly, it doesn't seem that those in charge are getting it. They're actually raising the debt ceiling instead of tightening the belt like the rest of us sheep have to do from time to time.
The banks are "too big" to fail, but our country is the exact size. I say when politicians go against the Constitution and against their constituents, they need to be impeached and promptly removed.
"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a
shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."-- John Adams
The ATOM BOMB!!!
Apocalypse Now! Walmart has suffered its first fall in quarterly sales at its US discount stores, underlining the challenges facing future growth in its home market as the economy recovers.
As Walmart goes, so goes the country, as well as Razorback Sport's Facilities. What a shame!
Wal-Mart Defender To Direct Obama's Economic Policy
Appointment of Jason Furman Immediately Meets With Skepticism
By JOSH GERSTEIN, Staff Reporter of the Sun | June 10, 2008
Just days after clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Obama is naming as his economic policy director an economist who has clashed with critics of Wal-Mart by defending the company as a boon to poor Americans.
http://www.nysun.com/national/obama-taps...
Walmart has now come out in favor of Obama's health plan:
Wal-Mart Supports Obama's Call for Employer Health Insurance Mandate.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/...
PI:
These huge companies want to have it both ways. Whoever has the power, thats who they play ball with no matter what the cost is to the country. So much for American patriotism.
BUMP!
Is it time to request a conservative blog?
Who wants to ask Ron?
Who wants there name on a conservative point of view blog?
We do need our own blog ;)
I nominate SandraR for the position of conservative resident blogger! Who seconds the motion?
I SECOND THE MOTION.
Vote please. So far 4 for and 0 against, at least in my mind.
CHICKENS... I vote for razorback
Squack, Squack, Squack
Well, that's 4 for you and 1 for me, so you win!
The voting is not over!
I guess we'll have to recount the hanging chads. I have experience at that seeing that I live in Florida.
Eric Holder's Radical Far Left Attorney Claimed Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Was Tortured; Pushed to Throw Out His Guilty Plea
Jennifer Daskal is a radical far left American lawyer who serves as senior counsel for Human Rights Watch, and focuses on issues of terrorism, criminal law and immigration. She is also currently a political hire at Eric Holder's Department of Justice, which is seeking to prosecute terror suspects through the criminal justice system instead of through military tribunals.
In 2008, Daskal claimed that Khalid Sheikh Mohammad was tortured and recommended that his guilty plea be thrown out of court. Now this radical is working for the Obama Administration.
It figures.
Human Rights Watch reported:
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others announced that they plan to plead guilty to conspiring in the September 11 attacks and related crimes at a hearing before US military commissions at Guantanamo today. All five defendants face the death penalty.
"What should have been a major victory in holding the 9/11 defendants accountable for terrible crimes has been tainted by torture and an unfair military commissions process," said Jennifer Daskal, senior counterterrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch. "These five men are known to have been mistreated and tortured during their years in CIA custody, including the acknowledged waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed."
Prior to their transfer to the US military detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay in 2006, all five defendants were held for years in secret CIA detention. Earlier this year, CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden acknowledged that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had been subjected to "waterboarding" -- a form of mock drowning that has been prosecuted as torture by the United States for more than 100 years. Other defendants are believed to have been subjected to other abusive interrogation methods such as extended sleep deprivation, the use of painful stress positions, and forced nudity, while in CIA custody.
Under the rules of the military commissions, a judge cannot accept a guilty plea unless he determines that the plea is voluntary and free of coercion.
Of course, the fact that such a twisted radical is serving in the Holder Justice Department, surprises no one.
More... At least 9 Holder Justice officials have previously represented terrorists.
Source: http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/201...
O M G !!!! You people are still on the soap box and using this blog to spill all your B.S. why don't you start a blog of your own this is getting so long and dull.... I wish I knew how to delete all this mess but as you know I am Blonde, so I don't know what button to push to get rid of you poor misguided people... One last thought Sometime you all make me want to VOMIT in my Mouth... Have a nice day....
Sherry, "If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal-
Sherry, be nice now, the VOMIT in the Mouth thing was really gross and extremely out of place on this blog, especially right before dinner.
By the way, do you have any legitimate political arguments or insights or do you simply not like people who are conservative in nature.
Perhaps not reading the blog would be better for your sensitive temperament and easier on the ole' ticker.
Your good old buddy Roy
Sherry,
O M G = taking the Lord God's name in vain
B.S. = disparaging remark aimed at views of others
Misguided people = your smarter than the rest of us fools
Vomit = in your context it means we make you sick
ALL OF IT = TYPICAL DEMOCRATIC PONTIFICATIONS WITHOUT DUE SUBSTANCE = YOU DON'T POSSESS VALID ARGUMENTS FOR WHAT YOU SUPPOSEDLY BELIEVE IN = KILL THE MESSENGER SINCE YOU CAN'T KILL THE MESSAGE!
First I have a question ??? How the heck do you make a comment with out having to tab all the way to the end.??????.... Now here i go first, Bro. Roy when I write OMG that G is gosh you never will see me put God's name in vain any where. Now I give you a point for the B.S. because you knew that is what I meant, but maybe the VOMIT was a little harsh so, how about you give me a bad case of Acid Reflux (Did I spell that correct) since I am a dumb Democrat I want to be correct.....LOL On a sad note one of my dear friends Linda Kay died at Midnight last night and Roy pray for her sweet daughters you know they lost their dad Jim about 6 months ago..RIP my old friend....
Sherry,
We're suppose to give each other trouble. It makes the blog more interesting. We're buddies that don't see eye to eye but we would die for the other. Don't let the bantering get you down. I was just messin' with you. Take a Tums and have a good night's rest. Sorry to hear about your friend LInda. Is she someone I would know and how old was she?
Don't ever take me too serious, I'm not that smart! I was always the brat of the family as you will recall. You guys with Jack, Steve and Kenneth simply ignored the little punk kid that always kept getting in your way.
RAH
Roy, it was Linda Kay (King) Waldron who passed away she was a teacher in Rector for years. I am sorry I didn't post her last name. She was a grad from the class of 1957.Her husband Jim died about 6 months ago. I have lost so many friends in the last few years sometimes you have to question WHY????? Even if you know you were taught to never question it.... Have a good week-end you misguided Republican's
Sherry,
Yes, I know her and I remember Jim passing away as well. I understand your emotions as to watching so many of your friends die. The fact is, that is the reality of growing older. I always say that as we grow older the population shifts. The older we get, the more friends we have in the afterlife than here on earth. I've lost a lot of buddies since my Rector School days. People like Kenny Horton, Jerry Huggins, Danny Chronister, Keith Price, Daryl Young, Mike Williams and on and on i could go. Losing both parents now is really odd and makes me feel a little vulnerable at times. It also reminds me that we're next. Hang in there you ole' Yeller Dog! God bless!
I was so sad to hear Jim had died and now Linda passes. Linda was accustomed to scaring me severely in the morning, when her Alzheimer's was taking affect. I would walk out my front door and there she was swinging in the front porch. After a time I just became accustomed to her walking through the house at odd hours in the morning so she could talk with me. It was simply wonderful to drive her to the store to get cat food she did not need, she wanted to get out and see the town folks. It is my belief she saw everyone as family. Except the Superintendant... LMAO. I can go on for days expressing the fun and silly days Linda and I shared together.
She will be missed. I love you Linda may God Bless your lovely soul.
Does anyone have a guess on the Nuclear option?
YES. KABOOOOOM!
That is when the November election rearranges the incongruous, I mean Congress.
I have my poster stick, poster board, some glue and gas money to make a trip to DC if needed.
Make sure to write us when you get up there. Try not to run into Pelosi while your there, she may twist your arm, throw you down on the canvass and beat the tar out of you thinking that your a Blue Dog against abortion house member. Let us know if you need us to send you some bandaids.
I may need bail money remember us Tea Baggers are racists rednecks.
I'll throw in a couple of bucks (in euro denominations).
By the way SandraR, you may not have to go. It looks like a large portion of the democrats are going to disqualify themselves due to the proliferation of ethics charges against numerous Dems.
Wasn't this to be the most transparent administration and congress in history. We all thought that if we could get the "slimy Bush" out of the House things would change for the better in Washington. At least that's what Hollywood and the mass media kept telling us. And, uh, the unions and the agenda driven education systems that have replaced a real education like 2 + 2 = 4 instead of the charade of left-wing propaganda that is often spewed in our universities.
This is the most transparent administration I can see everything clearly.
SandraR:
Excellent take!
Slaughter House Rules:
Apparently, Democrats are hell-bent on getting their way despite the unconstitutionality of a new found approach. Since the DEMOCRATS in the HOUSE will not have sufficient votes for the passage of a reconciliation bill, House Rule Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is seeking to usher the healthcare overhaul through the House thereby avoiding a direct vote on the Senate bill.
According to Slaughter," she is weighing or preparing a rule that would consider the Senate bill passed once the House approves a corrections bill that would make changes to the Senate version without a direct vote in the House.
How far will these folks go in undermining the constitution and ignoring the will of the people they represent? The answer is obvious - they'll go as far as that have to to gain what they want.
What does Obama think about fishing. He is mulling over an executive order to ban private fishing in lakes, rivers, seas and ponds. How bout that! First, redistribute wealth by taking from those who work and giving to those who don't. Secondly, banning us from a food supply that is distributed in our waterways and oceans.
Who could have imagined America as it stands today even two years ago?
Half the Letters I Get Call Me an 'Idiot'
Source: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/hal...
US President Barack Obama has joked that half of the 40,000 letters that pour into the White House each day brand him an "idiot.''
Tongue-in-cheek, the President remarked that his staff did not spare him the wrath of his correspondents - selecting a representative portion of 10 letters for him to read when he returns to the White House residence at night.
"I will tell you, that my staff is very even-handed, because about half of these letters call me an idiot!'' Mr Obama said overnight, chuckling at his own joke during a rally in Saint Louis, Missouri.
The President went on to make a serious point, saying that many senior citizens wrote to him to tell him to keep the Government's hands off Medicare, a health plan for elderly people.
SandraR,
Did the source say anything about Obama actually taking serious the letters he receives. For instance, the one you stated, "The President went on to make a serious point, saying that many senior citizens wrote to him to tell him to keep the Government's hands off Medicare, a health plan for elderly people."
Apparently he reads them but doesn't heed them.
It sounds to me as Obama is reading the letters but as you pointed out he is not "actually taking serious the letters he receives".
There is no hope and change for this person.
WOO HOO!
Va OKs 1st bill banning mandated health coverage
Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/arti...
RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia's General Assembly became the first in the nation Wednesday to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by President Barack Obama and Congress to implement a national health care overhaul in individual states.
The Republican-ruled House of Delegates, with wide Democratic support, voted 80-17 without debate for the largely symbolic step aimed at the Democratic-backed reforms pushed by Obama and stalled in Congress. The vote sends the measure to Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell who intends to sign it.
Thirty-four other state legislatures have either filed or proposed similar measures -- statutes or constitutional amendments -- rejecting health insurance mandates, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Obama carried Virginia in his historic ride to the presidency in 2008, the first Democrat to do so in a presidential race in 44 years. But since then, the tide has turned. Virginia's Republicans routed Democrats in last year's gubernatorial and legislative elections, partly because of public distrust of Democrats' proposed health care reforms.
Two of the top Democratic pollsters stated this week that their recent polls indicated that Democrats are in serious trouble for the Fall election without Obama's health care bill passing. However, they also said that it will be even worse for the Democrats if the health care bill actually passes. I guess they'll simply have to pick their poison.
SandraR, lets hope that all the other states will follow Virginia (not likely), though I'm confident that a few of them will. Its hard to believe that a political party could continue in their hell-bent desire to spit in the face of the very people they are suppose to represent. It is by far the worse disaster in America's political history and I can't wait until the will of the people throws them to the curb!
Where is Hollywood's rabid consternation now that a President Not-Bush is stretching his powers beyond the Constitution. And, how ironic that he is carrying on the war that he castigated while Bush was in office. I'm glad he is actually following a portion of Bush's example in taking a measure of heed to commanders and Generals in executing retribution against those who are continually recruiting enemies to kill us and our families. Of course, not one peep from the Academy Awards this year because they hold a double standard. Pathetic! What a joke.
LMAO :)
Green Crooks
http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/201...
People who commit their lives to going green are just better people. They're more moral, more honest. At least, they keep telling us that, and apparently many students believe it, say University of Toronto psychologists:
They initially quizzed the students on their impressions of people who buy eco-friendly products, and for the most part, they considered such consumers to be more "more cooperative, altruistic and ethical" than ordinary consumers...
Then the researchers took it an extra step: They ran a test to see who would be more likely to cheat and steal: Greens? Or conventional shoppers?
They divided the greens and conventional shoppers, and then gave the students a test that tempted them to steal money. The researchers found:
The green consumers were more likely to cheat than the conventional purchasers, and they stole more money when asked to withdraw their winnings from envelopes on their desks.
This concept of moral license has been demonstrated before, writes Wray Herbert in his blog for the Association for Psychological Science.
(W)hen they have reason to feel a little superior, that positive self image triggers a sense of moral license. That is, the righteous feel they have some latitude to stray a bit in order to compensate. It's like working in a soup kitchen gives you the right to cheat on your taxes later in the week.
Maybe that's why sanctimonious stewards of the environment like Al Gore are comfortable lecturing the rest of us while living large in mega-mansions.
SandraR,
Are you talking about green people or Democrats? Oh, I forgot, they're the same people.
No wonder Liberals hate Fox:
Fox came in #2 on Cable last week.
MSNBC came in 26, CNN at 32 and HLN at 37 - all behind the cartoon network (for real).
Libs always blast Fox though apparently most Americans love it. Somebody is out of step.
Of course the Libs state the Fox watchers run in packs and are wackos and far-right wingers.
I suppose that sort of thing sort of works for Liberals. Of course they may be unaware as to who started that kind of propaganda.
HISTORY LESSON FOR LIBS: "if you tell a lie long enough people will finally believe it" - Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister in Nazi Germany.
I loved watching Obama interview with a NON NEWS Network Fox the other day.
Someone posted on my facebook page how America was a keg of gun powder it's not going to take much to set it off.
Could it be we needed Obama and the liberal tactics to wake America up as to what has been happening silently for many years? I listen to the pundits decry we have been doing it like this for years, so glad I now know because it's time to STOP IT! Just because you have been doing it for years does not mean we knew you had been committing crimes against our constitution.
Let's hope the dumbing down has not overtaken the population. By the way, what constitution? I thought that was a relic in a building in Washington D.C. I am rather optimistic however from what I'm hearing from people here in Florida that are usually left leaning. I haven't talked to one of them that is happy with the present debacle in D.C. Also a lot my liberal friends in Arkansas are telling me that things are a changing in the minds of people who have been sheeple of the Democrats for decades. It want surprise me if true blue (Reagan style) conservatism and constitutional sanity is properly restored to our insightful Forefather's vision in November. I'm certainly praying and hoping for it!
WE go to WAR! I prayed so hard this would not happen, but we are now going to war. America will now be in a civil war situation they got what they wanted.
HOW SAD this day is.
After over 230 years of constitutional governance under God, today may be the beginning of our final epitaph.
My abiding consolation - Psalm 33:10--12 (ESV) -- 10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. 11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
What did George Washington say?
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."
"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."
"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
"Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
"The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained"
Thomas Jefferson said . . .
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
John Adams had this to say . . .
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide."
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
"The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations."
Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 53 were Protestant Christians, 2 were Quakers, 2 were Unitarian and one was Catholic. Roughly half of the framers were ordained ministers of the Gospel. So much for incessant mantra that America was not built on Christian principles.
Things, they are a changin'!
Oops! 51 were Protestant Christians. Blame the New Math Principle.
Alcee Hastings, A Federal Judge impeached by Congress for taking a bribe from the mafia--narrowly avoided prison on a technicality and pardoned by Bill Clinton as he slipped out of D.C. on his last day as Pres.--Hastings then moved to a mostly black Florida district where he has been a Congressman for 18 years--Point-man for Obama on the Obamacare vote, Sunday, March 21, 2010:
Like our Founding Fathers, Hastings (Democrat) also has his opinions of the way our nation should be run. He said a few days ago, "There Are No Rules Here ... We Make Them Up As We Go Along."
What strides we've made in the past 50 years!
36 States Aim to Preempt Federal Health Care Plan
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/06/...
The success of national health care reform legislation is still an uncertainty, but some states are already taking measures to keep federal hands off their citizens.
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PD toolbar!Thursday, Virginia became the first state to enact a law exempting its residents from any health insurance mandates. It's one of 36 states where lawmakers are trying to head off potential federal legislation.
While Virginia enacted a statute, 25 other states are considering constitutional changes, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Virtually all the proposals object to mandates requiring individuals or businesses to buy health insurance.
"That is a widespread, common theme," said Richard Cauchi, program director for the NCSL health program. "The real legal issue is the requirement that every person buy health insurance."
In Arizona this November, voters will consider a constitutional amendment banning any requirement for individuals or employers to have or provide for heath care. This spring, the legislature is also consider a statute to allow the state to decline any public health care plan offered by the federal government.
But not all the actions being considered apply simply to federal law. Some of the constitutional provisions would also prohibit future state lawmakers from enacting any sorts of health insurance mandates or enacting any sort of single-payer system. Some measures don't even refer to the federal government, Cauchi said.
But most are clearly aimed at potential mandates that individuals carry health insurance, he said. That could set the stage for legal wrangling between states and feds if a health care package with a mandate becomes law.
"There probably are some phrases or sections that probably are in conflict with some future law," Cauchi said.
Republicans control legislatures in Virginia, Arizona and other states where such moves appear to have the most traction, such as Idaho, Utah, Georgia and Florida. In Florida, GOP Attorney General (and gubernatorial candidate) Bill McCollum is threatening to sue the federal government if an individual mandate is included in any reform legislation.
Timothy Jost, a law professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Virginia, questioned whether the U.S. Supreme Court would uphold laws such as Virginia's in a battle between state and federal rights in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine last month. He cited rulings on desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s as well as today's battles over medical marijuana laws in concluding that state attempts to preempt health care are more for show than for action.
"These resistance efforts are not about law -- they are about politics," Jost wrote.
And Cauchi said the politics may be tough for several of the measures being considered by the states. Wyoming's GOP-controlled legislature rejected similar efforts in 2009 and this year. Last year, lawmakers in Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, New Mexico, North Dakota and West Virginia rejected such laws.
Most states require a two-thirds vote by legislatures to put constitutional issues on the ballot. In Iowa, for instance, that two-thirds vote must occur in two consecutive legislative sessions.
"For those that are trying to amend the constitution, it's a multiple-step challenge," Cauchi said.
"The founding fathers were even fearfull of the bill of rights, as it might be interperted as being our ONLY rights. Hence the clause declaring all things not mentioned, revert to the states. That is why federal departments of education, social security...etc, and anything not explicitely reserved in the constituion for the federal gov. is technically ILLEGAL."
That also includes the government medical bill.
But it will stop nothing.
PI:
Well said and necessary for all Americans to understand, but alas many don't want to be confused by the Founding Father's Facts.
We have to stop the government, it has always been up to us to stop the government. WE WILL STOP THEM!
Yes, we can stop them if they don't stop themselves by way of the most incredible demonstration of inaptitude I've ever witnessed.
At least they are proving above and beyond what most Americans ever thought possible for any party to be capable of in this country by way of absolute absurdity.
They are over-reaching by way of apparent insanity!
I now think it quite possible for the Supreme Court to ultimately rule the government healthcare unconstitutional.
How can the Feds make Americans purchase what they don't want to purchase? And even more amazing is the thought that the government can eventually fine us or imprison us for not doing so. Folks, wake-up this is beyond the bounds of patriotism and its consequent freedoms. The cry of "socialism" is ringing truer every passing day in our midst.
By the way, how ironic that the party of "choice" as it pertains to infants in the womb is now taking away our choice when it comes to healthcare. Only one word can describe it, HYPOCRITES!
They are a pack of arrogant masochists.
"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient causes; and, accordingly, all experience [has] shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce [the people] under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security." --Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence, 1776. ME 1:29, Papers 1:429
"Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing [a people] to slavery." --Thomas Jefferson: Rights of British America, 1774. (*) ME 1:193, Papers 1:125
"When patience has begotten false estimates of its motives, when wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality." --Thomas Jefferson to M. deStael, 1807. ME 11:282
"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas Jefferson: his motto.
The Mass Media's New Memo:
Blame the opposition of Obama's Health Care Plan on Racism.
Worthy of repeating . . .HISTORY LESSON FOR LIBS: "if you tell a lie long enough people will finally believe it" - Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister in Nazi Germany.
Obama's health plan is suicide for his political career, and, maybe, a death knell for that party. So, it might be considered the perfect medicine for the health of this Republic.
Yes,I agree, partly wishful thinking.
About racism: If loving my own race, heritage, history and religion better than any other is racist, then I am proudly Racist.
http://firenancypelosi.com/
This cracked me up - ITS NOT OVER!
Representative Dingell - Michigan's 15 district (Democrat) stated that Obamacare will eventually "control the people."
This kind of talk is getting more prevalent and though it stinks to the high heavens, there is a good side, in that people are beginning to find out what Democrats have actually wanted to do for decades.
Maybe it will wake up the sleeping giant!
"I pledge resistance, to the Czar, of the Divided States of America, and to the Communism for which he stands. One socialist, without God, divisible, with healthcare and welfare for all" - (author Orlando A., March 22, 2010)
Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."
Look what Obama's anti-country health care plan will do "to" it.
Mr. Crow said, "Bitter medicine is still required to effect a cure, and it will take the full measure of Obama's legendary powers of persuasion to convince the public to take it."
Legendary! He was almost unknown when he ran for president. In what country was his powers of persuasion legendary?
Congressional Staffers Complain About Double Standard in Health Care Law
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/...
Come 2014, all 100 U.S. senators, all 435 representatives in the House and every one of their personal aides will have to go to the newly formed state exchanges for health insurance -- just like everyone else in the country who isn't covered by their employer.
But select congressional leadership staffers -- some of whom wrote the health insurance act -- won't. And neither will White House staffers and Cabinet members -- nor the president himself. They will be allowed to keep their current plans, which are offered to all other federal employees.
And now many congressional aides who like their current health insurance policies and will be forced to switch are asking: Why?
They want to know: If an exchange is good enough for them, why isn't it good enough for the people who wrote the plan? Why isn't it good enough for the president and his Cabinet?
NOVEMBER 2010! D-Day for this country. This is fork in the road that all democracies are faced with sooner or later. If the Democrats maintain their power our country as we know it will be gone forever.
This country was supposed to be ruled as a Republic. A Republic is governed strictly by the Constitution---by Law. The Founding Fathers were not fools, they rejected the idea of a Democracy.
Those with no care for our country court the politicians for handouts, and the politicians placate their greed with promises of bounties such as the health "care" calamity, open borders, "new and improved welfare" contracts, etc. True Americans are being sold out! The majority of Americans made it clear that they wanted no such health care bill. Did it go in that direction? It should prove to be the kiss of death for every politician's career who voted for it. If they could continue to hold office, most politicians would vote for a national disaster, and pray that the Congressional Record would be destroyed in it.
2010 is the hope and change I am seeking. This is but a temporary win for Obama; we can still stop all funding to the bill in 2010 which will make the bill worth more as toilet paper then a healthcare reform.
PI:
Good point. It is important to note that we are both a Republic and a democracy. However, the founding fathers preferred a specific yet limited understanding of a democracy in that the use of the word democracy meant merely the popular type of government--that is, featuring genuinely free elections by the people periodically .
Fundamentally, we are ruled by a document we call the Constitution, which is the basis of a Republic and was therefore intended by our Founding Fathers to supersede as well as superintend over the democratic element or form.
The Founding Fathers created a Republic. Over the years, politicians have almost made a democracy of it, however
"Democracy and Republic are often taken as one and the same thing, but there is a fundamental difference. Whilst in both cases the government is elected by the people, in Democracy the majority rules according to their whims, whilst in the Republic the Government rules according to law. This law is framed in the Constitution to limit the power of Government and ensuring some rights and protection to Minorities and individuals."
These succinct definitions of what is a Democracy and what is a Republic was produced by the US Army in 1928, These definitions have been quietly withdrawn since.
"Madam," said Franklin, "We have given you a republic if you can keep it."
We certainly haven't.
OMG!!
Watch this video: CNN is finally getting it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EECOvySE...
PI:
A strict Republic does not allow for "free elections" and our framers exercised this specific element of a democracy in the structure we have had since the framing of our present governance.
Even the representation by populations (in the states) instead of a so-called "every vote counts" form of governance called for by the Democrats was clearly established within the framework of our founding fathers views. Article II, Section I, Clause 2 of the Constitution addresses the Founder's intention to decentralize elections by way of State's Rights.This is a democratic concept within the capacity bestowed by way of the Constitution.
That said, we do agree that fundamentally every element of our nation was formed upon a Constitution. This is simply an Intramural debate among brethren of like mind.
I do however, stipulate that I fully agree with your view that we are a Republic first and foremost based on the rule of law, even as it relates to the free exercise of elections.
And by the way, it is the upcoming election in November that affords us a possible escape from the present malaise. Not with guns and bullets but with the free exercise of our vote we speak! This was the wisdom of our Framers.
Even though nearly every politician, teacher, journalist and citizen believes that our Founders created a democracy, it is absolutely not true. The Founders knew full well the differences between a Republic and a Democracy and they repeatedly and emphatically said that they had founded a republic.
Article IV Section 4, of the Constitution "guarantees to every state in this union a Republican form of government".... Conversely, the word Democracy is not mentioned even once in the Constitution. Madison warned us of the dangers of democracies with these words,
"Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths...",
"We may define a republic to be ... a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior. It is essential to such a government that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion or a favored class of it; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their powers, might aspire to the rank of republicans and claim for their government the honorable title of republic." James Madison, Federalist No. 10, (1787)
"A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men." Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Our military training manuals used to contain the correct definitions of Democracy and Republic. The following comes from Training Manual No. 2000-25 published by the War Department, November 30, 1928.
DEMOCRACY:
A government of the masses.
Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of "direct" expression.
Results in mobocracy.
Attitude toward property is communistic--negating property rights.
Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether is be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences.
Results in demogogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.
REPUBLIC:
Authority is derived through the election by the people of public officials best fitted to represent them.
Attitude toward law is the administration of justice in accord with fixed principles and established evidence, with a strict regard to consequences.
A greater number of citizens and extent of territory may be brought within its compass.
Avoids the dangerous extreme of either tyranny or mobocracy.
Results in statesmanship, liberty, reason, justice, contentment, and progress.
Is the "standard form" of government throughout the world.
The manuals containing these definitions were ordered destroyed without explanation about the same time that President Franklin D. Roosevelt made private ownership of our lawful money (US Minted Gold Coins) illegal. Shortly after the people turned in their $20 gold coins, the price was increased from $20 per ounce to $35 per ounce. Almost overnight F.D.R., the most popular president this century (elected 4 times) looted almost half of this nation's wealth, while convincing the people that it was for their own good. Many of F.D.R.'s policies were suggested by his right hand man, Harry Hopkins, who said, "Tax and Tax, Spend and Spend, Elect and Elect, because the people are too damn dumb to know the difference".
http://www.garymcleod.org/republic.htm
We have no Republic until the Constitution is upheld by the people who swear to uphold it---politicians.
We need our own blog - so many issues to discuss.
PI:
You're preaching to the choir. We are in agreement, that is, in fundamental principles.
SandraR:
You have pull, I don't. Maybe PI can host the blog. Let him ask for permission from Ron, the keeper of the blog.
PI:
Sorry I intended to send the following in the last post.
Let me state as succinctly as I know how by way of a question. Why did the founders favor a republican form over a democratic form of government? Answer: A Republic is a "Representative Democracy."
A direct democracy (which the framers loathed) is too difficult to manage, especially within large populations. A republic is much easier to manage.
I hope that finally clarifies my view of a limited democracy by way of a "representative democracy" through state's rights, which within the confines of moral leaders (which we don't presently possess) decentralizes power by way of the superintendence provided by a constitution.
PI:
I intended to say, my last post to you - Thanks!
What a stark contrast between Obama's recent recess appointments made mere hours after the Senate's Spring recess began that peaked little interest in the Lamestream Media and Bush's same approach that drew the fierce ire of the hack jobs like the New York Times and other Liberal (progressive) rags.
Not to mention the Democrats going ballistic as well as Hollywood when Bush did the exact same thing. It served up more hate Bush rhetoric that divided the nation while today's media ignores the same from Obama who continues to destroy America's way of life.
The voters will rectify the situation. In the meantime I call the present semi-silence and non-reporting, HYPOCRISY! Pure and simple.
Harry Reid is toast, the Tea Party people were all over his home town. This crook had the temerity to open a shooting range for his arrival home. Are Harry Reids home town folks not aware he wants to take there guns? How idiotic can these liberal be?
http://www.thefoxnation.com/politics/201...
My post was aimed at these folks, "...nearly every politician, teacher, journalist and citizen..."
What happened to our country? It has been brainwashed by schools, colleges, Television, and all news media. Children are told that they are exactly like all other people on earth. The U.S. is now a salad bowl of angry, foreign races, religions and cultures. It is known as "Multiculturalism." A nation is like a family. You can not bring in all other nationalities, races and religions into your family and expect to have peace and harmony. It is ruinous.
SandraR & PI:
SandraR, if Harry doesn't go down in November then we're all in trouble. I believe, however, that he will not win reelection.
PI: I fully agree with your assessment that the country is being "brainwashed." The POP CULTURE is mutilating our founding principles by way of "multiculturalism."
All one has to observe is the European experiment that is in absolute shambles. Which by the way, our present administration wants to make the U.S. into their image. PATHETIC!
Required RFID implanted chip
Sec. 2521, Pg. 1000 -- The government will establish a National Medical Device Registry. What does a National Medical Device Registry mean?
National Medical Device Registry from H.R. 3200 [Healthcare Bill], pages 1001-1008:
(g)(1) The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the 'registry') to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each device that-- ''(A) is or has been used in or on a patient; ''(B)and is-- ''(i) a class III device; or ''(ii) a class II device that is implantable, life-supporting, or life-sustaining."
Then on page 1004 it describes what the term "data" means in paragraph 1,
section B:
''(B) In this paragraph, the term 'data' refers to information respecting a device described in paragraph (1), including claims data, patient survey data, standardized analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of data from disparate data environments, electronic health records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary"
What exactly is a class II device that is implantable? Approved by the FDA, a class II implantable device is an "implantable radio frequency transponder system for patient identification and health information." The purpose of a class II device is to collect data in medical patients such as "claims data, patient survey data, standardized analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of data from disparate data environments, electronic health records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary."
See it for yourself:
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevi...
This new law -- when fully implemented -- provides the framework for making the United States the first nation in the world to require each and every one of its citizens to have implanted in them a radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip for the purpose of controlling who is, or isn't, allowed medical care in their country.
Don't believe it? Look it up yourself. Health care Bill H.R. 3200:
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/...
Pages 1001-1008 "National Medical Device Registry" section.
Page 1006 "to be enacted within 36 months upon passage"
Page 503 "... medical device surveillance"
Why would the government use the word "surveillance" when referring to citizens? The definition of "surveillance" is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people and often in a secret manner. The root of the word [French] means to "watch over."
In theory, the intent to streamline healthcare and to eliminate fraud via "health chips" seems right. But, to have the world's lone superpower (America, for now) mandate (page 1006) a device to be IMPLANTED is scary!
Microchiping included in Healthcare Bill? http://www.dailypaul.com/node/105079
Coverage under Obamacare will require an implantable microchip?
http://current.com/news/90842279_coverag...
SandraR:
And to save money they will take pace-makers and other devices from our dead neighbors and use them over and over. I would not doubt anything those communist try. If what you have brought to our attention is tried, I can not believe they'll have long term success. They are too bold and arrogant.
Apparently, this is our board now. Unless, of course, the Liberals simply have no more arguments in their arsenal. Then again they may simply be hiding in shame.
Most likely they're reading our posts without us knowing. Kinda like playing dead.
NOVEMBER COMING SOON TO A VOTING BOOTH NEAR YOU! Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, KABOOM!
A new day is dawning . . . wake me when it arrives.
I hope after November all liberals are politically dead, then pilloried until it becomes too tedious to watch.
That is my best wishes for them.
razorback,
If this bozo of a president does give them amnesty, we need to remind the Mexican people working hard to advance themselves there hard work is a RIGHT frame of mind not left or democratic way of thinking. Mexicans are actually Republicans - its time we remind them.
"Aba,daba,daba,daba,daba,daba,dab," Said the Chimpie to the Monk. "Bada,daba,daba,daba,daba,daba,dab" Said the Monkey to the Chimp. That is what this blog sounds like. You guys could just text each other. Roy, you said "Apparently this is our board now." You know people are reading your posts. I would like to post or debate on this board but in a more friendly way. Well i guess it has been your board for over 300 posts and the last 7 months. Roy you and SandraR and Politically Incorrect should go back a couple hundred posts and just listen to yourselves. Can't you guys just write your comments without all the name calling. Our President is not a BOZO SandraR. Politically Incorrect is calling our leaders communists and hoping all liberals are politically dead, then pilloried until it becomes too tedious to watch, after November. I had to go to the dictionary for that one (Pilloried). All of this name calling has been said just this week. If you guys are running for political office then i guess anything you say is Politically Correct.
R.G.1965:
"If you guys are running for political office then i guess anything you say is Politically Correct."
Apparently not, because that is all your post is about---our language. You offer no rebuttal of facts we have posted about liberal politicians. When citizens become concerned about the country's future they have a right and duty to voice their opinions. The Constitution gives me the right to phrase my own sentences and criticize whomsoever I please. Until liberals change the Constitution, and amend that right, I shall continue to use it. And probably thereafter, too.
Rector Grad 1965 President Obama is a BOZO, he a joke. This nut job of a president makes Bush look wonderful in comparison.
Rector Grad 1965:
Welcome to the discussion. Now, what's your first point? Let's see, in lieu of your "more friendly way," maybe "name calling" as you described us would be a good place to start. Perhaps "Chimpie" or maybe "Monk" would suffice.
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! By the way, do you have any kin who has engaged in more than a few bouts of name calling? Maybe I'm mistaken.
Then again you could point out the pre-election promises of transparency as well as the end of bi-partisan politics. Maybe we could hear more about the needless war that Obama continues to escalate without the Mainline Media's body counts that characterized Bush's tenure. Oh, another good subject could be the Billion Dollar deficits of Bush's 8 years over against Obama Trillion Dollar deficits in just one year. Finally we could debate the great tragedy of our grandchildren's devastating debt when Obama gets through 3 more years.
By way of an olive branch, it would be a very pleasant surprise if someone on your side of the aisle would actually present some persuasive points against our views instead of personal epithets.
One last thing. I'm sick of both parties (Republican and Democrat) when they seek to hold sway over our freedoms by way of tyranny, which our forefathers loathed.
Aba, daba, doo! Meet the Flintstones.
Roy Hargrave (What's your name?)
Well Roy all you guys missed my point. I will admit i probably didn't do a very good job in what i said. All of us do have the right to state our own opinions in any shape or form. That is a good thing. I was not happy with President Bush and i am not happy with President Obama. In a more perfect world our representatives could start doing what is right for our country than what serves their party. What did you mean by do i have any kin who has engaged in more than a few bouts of name calling. Perry linam
Perry,
First, I didn't guess right. I'll skip the long story as to who I thought it was, though I did state that I may be mistaken. I've heard, however, that you were politically engaged. It could apply to you in one way. Ronnie and I were good buddies growing up and he and Kenneth made up names for me, since I was the little punk disrupting their plans.(HA!)
As to my response, I thought your post was somewhat condescending, in a couple of ways. "Chimp" and "Monk" seemed to be less than friendly. And to somehow blame PI, SandraR, and myself for taking up so many post is somewhat disingenuous in that we have no control over others who simply choose not to post. I don't actually blame them for not doing so at this time, due to the unpopularity of their viewpoints in the present environment, but it is certainly not our responsibility as to their lack of input.
Apparently, from your last post, we have much in common. I thought Bush was not as bad as the Democrats and Hollywood thought him to be by way of demonization. However, I also thought he spent us into oblivion to a great extent, which led the way for Obama to take it to the next absurd level.
I don't vote for those I perceive as being unprincipled Republicans and I certainly don't vote for Democrats. I believe too much that they disbelieve and they believe too much that I don't believe.
You also stated, "In a more perfect world our representatives could start doing what is right for our country than what serves their party." - To which I agree wholeheartedly!
Good talking to you, cousin. I've asked Ronnie about you over the years but I haven't seen you since you beat the tar out of the Edwards boy on the school bus back in the 60's.
I apologize for any thing I said that might have a offended you. Primarily for one primary reason. I don't want to be the recipient of your wicked left hook.
Start posting more. We would welcome your input.
Appreciate your bravery - Perry Linam. Now there's three of us, along with Charlie of course.
'Anti-Obama' Billboards Go Viral
If you have something to say -- put it on a billboard. Atlanta commuters are noticing electronic billboards in metro Atlanta posting anti-Obama messages. The idea turns what is normally a staple of commercial advertising into a platform for political opinions - a bumper-sticker slogan aimed at a wider audience.
The signs include: 'Stop Obama's Socialism."
"If You're Not Outraged, You're Not Paying Attention."
"Now It's Personal! America's Coming for You Congress! Vote Liberals Out in 2010."
"Stop the Lies."
The billboard sponsors consists of about 12 local businessmen. They've created a Web site: billboardsagainstobama.com, where you can find four billboards messages to donate to.
Spokesperson Tommy Newberry says there has seen such an influx of interest, sponsors are creating 50 billboard designs for donators to pick from. He also says it won't take long before the billboards start popping up around the nation.
"We are now very well funded. We are getting about a donation a minute," Newberry said.
Donations range from a few dollars to $500 dollars. Newberry also has had about a dozen requests for an entire billboard. An electronic billboards advertisement can cost up to $3,500 a month.
Newberry says the group's ultimate goal is to not only grab people's attention but also educate and motivate them.
"There's a lot of energy from people who want to participate and they don't know exactly what they want to do. We can speak for them, on their behalf," Newberry said.
If you remember, just months ago, a group of business owners in Minnesota sponsored a billboard with a picture of former President Bush and the question: "Miss Me Yet?"
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/...
FOLKS - CAPITALISIM WILL WIN! Doing the woo hoo dance :)
Thank you, Sandra. It makes me feel better just knowing more people do care about what's happening.
Old news but still pathetic:
If anyone wants to know what Obama thinks of our military let them look no further than his reluctance to shut down the witchhunt against three Navy Seals.
Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq -- the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com.
The three, all members of the Navy's elite commando unit, have refused non-judicial punishment -- called a captain's mast -- and have requested a trial by court-martial.
Ahmed Hashim Abed, whom the military code-named "Objective Amber," told investigators he was punched by his captors -- and he had the bloody lip to prove it.
Now, instead of being lauded for bringing to justice a high-value target, three of the SEAL commandos, all enlisted, face assault charges and have retained lawyers.
Matthew McCabe, a Special Operations Petty Officer Second Class (SO-2), is facing three charges: dereliction of performance of duty for willfully failing to safeguard a detainee, making a false official statement, and assault.
Petty Officer Jonathan Keefe, SO-2, is facing charges of dereliction of performance of duty and making a false official statement.
Petty Officer Julio Huertas, SO-1, faces those same charges and an additional charge of impediment of an investigation.
Neal Puckett, an attorney representing McCabe, told Fox News the SEALs are being charged for allegedly giving the detainee a "punch in the gut."
This gives us all a glimpse into Obama's mindset toward our brave men who risk their lives everyday.
Defining Megalomania:
The President and the present Congress seeking change in the College Football Chamionship Series. What kind of person supports this bodacious encroachment upon American life? Why do free men allow such looming tyranny?
More Absurdity . . .
Our President has now informed the world (through the NYT) that the U.S. will not retaliate with Nuclear weapons against certain nations even if we are attacked by way of chemical, biological or other means.
Also, we are progressively reducing our arsenal so as to reduce the threat of nuclear warfare. How ridiculous is it to declare that we will not defend ourselves before the whole world, while at the same time announcing that we will be depleting our own ability to defend ourselves?
IS THIS REAL? Insanity! Our children will suffer for this.
November 2010 we can correct everything the NUT JOB has damaged.
SandraR:
You always put it succinctly. It takes me longer to say what you say in a few words. You need to have an editorial section in the NYT. Maybe it would straighten up those yankees.
The new U.S.-Russian arms control treaty is a much better deal for Russia than its predecessor, but Moscow reserves the right to withdraw from it if a planned U.S. missile defense system grows into a threat, Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday.
Oh, those blasted conditions! America now fights with at least one arm tied behind our backs. So much for progressive diplomacy.
At least Obama is a great athlete. That is in his own mind.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2...
"Also, we are progressively reducing our arsenal so as to reduce the threat of nuclear warfare. How ridiculous is it to declare that we will not defend ourselves before the whole world, while at the same time announcing that we will be depleting our own ability to defend ourselves?
IS THIS REAL? Insanity! Our children will suffer for this."
It sounds much like Orwellian doublespeak.
Spoken by a "pediatric adult."
The pettiness among Republicans needs to cease. X-rated parties and the ongoing debate over Steele's abilities or lack thereof are pathetic.
Republicans apparently have little or no clue as to our present situation and thusly show their inability to turn this sinking ship around.
Americans had better be tedious in their discernment as to who is real and who ain't. And that goes for Pubs, Indies as well as Democrats. I'm not going to vote for someone simply because an R is next to their name. There shouldn't be any yellow dogs among us.
I would rather not vote at all than to vote for more tyrants to replace the present ones.
Our country is at stake folks!
The whole political landscape is deteriorating right before our eyes. I am at a loss at what is going on. Some very good points have been posted the last few days. In my opinion the mess can be spread around to both parties. True the Democrats are in charge now but this is not a new mess. A mess was handed to this President, and things are getting messier. I know i am using the word mess a lot but it is better than the word i would like to use. I thought the Easter egg roll went well.
I have marched with the Tea Party movement and believe "We the People" will remake if need be take over the Republican Party. It is my belief we need to move the Republican Party towards a Libertarian mind set.
Here is an interesting test to see where your political leanings are:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/test
My test score is:
Economic Left/Right: 0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79
HOPE? Yes!
Five more states are joining a Florida-led group of states in a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, Florida's attorney general said on Wednesday.
That now brings the total to 18 states with more to come.
Please! Can anyone tell me that the following isn't absurd?
The Congressional Research Service confirmed in a memo Wednesday that rapists and sex offenders may get federally subsidized Viagra and other sexual performance enhancing drugs under the recently passed health care reform law.
Sanity apparently no longer exists among our tyrants . . . I mean our leaders.
razorback,
The term "tyrants" is accurate when describing our leaders.
Lets gather and burn an American Flag in defiance of our countries Left Leanings - OH WAIT we can't do that unless we are a democrat, liberal, socialist, marxist, communist, kool-aide drinking Jim Jones follower.
Correction: Jim Jones follower should read Obama follower.
SandraR:
I'm certain Jim Jones would take offense at being linked with Obama. Please, be more considerate in future. LOL
Anyone feel the need to be outraged today?
Obama Administration Pressures Kenya to Adopt Constitution Legalizing Abortion
http://lifenews.com/int1502.html
Nairobi, Kenya (LifeNews.com) -- President Barack Obama wasted little time after his election in promoting abortion abroad by overturning the Mexico City Policy and forcing Americans to pay for abortions and abortion promotion in other nations. Now the Obama administration is attempting to get Kenya to legalize abortion.
As LifeNews.com has reported, the African nation of Kenya saw its parliament approved a draft Constitution that would overturn its historic prohibition on abortions.
Although the draft contains language advocating the right to life for unborn children, it contains a section with a health exception that essentially opens the nation to unlimited abortions throughout pregnancy for any reason.
Before the revised constitution can come into force, it must be approved by popular vote -- expected in July.
Read more: http://lifenews.com/int1502.html
My question is simple; Obama is not an ambassador of Kenya and is stating he was not born there - so why is he messing around in the government of Kenya?
Doesn't it seem like Obama actually loves the concept of abortion. In the past, Democrats have said, I'm personally against it but I'm also for one's choice in the matter. Now, Obama has burst that hypocritical nonsense by pressing headlong into a death march for the unborn.
With men like our president, it is certainly true that the most dangerous place on earth is in the mother's womb.
Convenience over virtue has redirected America's once faithful track toward an impending maelstrom!
LET US VALIANTLY HOLD OUR POLITICIANS FEET TO THE FIRE or WE DIE of NATURAL CAUSES. No Republican, no Democrat, no Independant politician should feel safe. Americans are rising up and though the MLM incessently castigates the citizen's constitutional right to demand a redress, we will not go away. For we have no where else to go when we're cornered by the wolves of tyranny in our midst.
It's beginning: Stupak not coming back. Someone sees the handwriting on the wall.
I am aware most people do not like Rush, as an informed person I listen to as many people as possible, from the very far left to the very far right. The reason I am bringing you some Rush transcripts is to insure you do not miss what even FOX news is not covering very well.
ENJOY :)
Massachusetts and the health care plan they have is the role model, it is a miniature laboratory, if you will, for Obamacare. Even Democrats have described it that way. Insurance rates are going through the roof. The governor has imposed price controls. The insurance companies who asked for their rates to be raised are nonprofit companies, nonprofit. Today Massachusetts, tomorrow the rest of the nation. "This week it became impossible in Massachusetts for small businesses and individuals to buy health-care coverage after Governor Deval Patrick imposed price controls on premiums. Read on, because under Obamacare this kind of political showdown will soon be coming to an insurance market near you. The Massachusetts small-group market that serves about 800,000 residents shut down after Mr. Patrick kicked off his re-election campaign by presumptively rejecting about 90% of the premium increases the state's insurers had asked regulators to approve." They have to go get approval to raise their rates. Deval Patrick said hell, no, and started tarring and feathering the companies as part of his reelection campaign, same thing Obama has done is demonize these people. These are nonprofit companies.
"Health costs have run off the rails since former GOP Governor Mitt Romney and Beacon Hill passed universal coverage in 2006, and Mr. Patrick now claims price controls are the sensible response to this ostensibly industry greed," exactly what we were discussing yesterday. There is no greed in industry. These are nonprofits. They're trying to make enough money here to stay in operation in Massachusetts. The real greed can be found inside most Congresses and legislatures in these states. That's where the greed is. Not in the free market. "Yet all of the major Massachusetts insurers are nonprofits. Three of largest four -- Blue Cross Blue Shield, Tufts Health Plan and Fallon Community Health -- posted operating losses in 2009. In an emergency suit heard in Boston superior court yesterday, they argued that the arbitrary rate cap will result in another $100 million in collective losses this year and make it impossible to pay the anticipated cost of claims." And this gets even better. Stick with me. "It may even threaten the near-term solvency of some companies. So until the matter is resolved, the insurers have simply stopped selling new policies."
They're not selling anything. That's their response. Now, let's extrapolate. In Massachusetts, the government can't take over for the insurance companies or doesn't want to. In the case of Obama, when this happens, as we predicted, as a lot of people predicted, when this happens in America's private sector, nationwide, that's when Obama will move in, if this happens, and get his single payer. When the insurance companies can no longer stay in business even if they're nonprofits, they're just gonna quit. That's the objective -- mark my words -- of the Obamacare problem. "A court decision is expected by Monday, but state officials have demanded that the insurers -- under the threat of fines and other regulatory punishments -- resume offering quotes by today and to revert to year-old base premiums." So the State of Massachusetts, "You're not selling policies? Fine. You better start quoting for people that want to buy, and you're going to quote last year's prices." And they talk about greed in the private sector?
"Let that one sink in: Mr. Patrick has made the health insurance business so painful the government actually has to order private companies to sell their products (albeit at sub-market costs). One irony is that Mr. Patrick's own Attorney General and his insurance regulators have concluded -- to their apparent surprise -- that the reason Massachusetts premiums are the highest in the nation is the underlying cost of health care, not the supposed industry abuses that Mr. Patrick and his political mentor President Obama like to cite." And they're actually acting surprised. They're stunned to learn that these costs going up are related to the price of health care. They say they're surprised. See, their template, their narrative has been the insurance companies are evil, they've been demonizing, they're raising prices without any regard for the consumer, raising prices without any regard for true market forces, they're just greedy. And now the attorney general and Deval Patrick all of a sudden learn, no, no, no, the cost of health care is just skyrocketing. And you'll hear why, this gets even better in just a moment.
"On top of that, like ObamaCare, integral to the Massachusetts overhaul are mandates that require insurers to cover anyone who applies regardless of health status or pre-existing conditions and to charge everyone about the same rates. This allows people to wait until they're about to incur major medical expenses," such as getting sick or right after they have the car crash, before they buy insurance. So they buy the insurance only when they need to, and then after the catastrophe has passed, they are selling, they're getting out, they're canceling the policies. "This week Blue Cross Blue Shield reported a big uptick in short-term customers who ran up costs more than four times the average, only to drop the coverage within three months. Last July, Charlie Baker detailed similar gaming at Harvard Pilgrim, the health plan he used to run. Between April 2008 and March 2009, about 40% of its new enrollees stayed with it for fewer than five months and on average incurred costs about 600% higher than the company would have otherwise expected."
Well, bingo, this is perfectly allowed under Obamacare. The only difference here is if you don't buy the insurance -- there's a mandate that you buy it -- if you don't, you get fined. We know now the IRS will take the value of your fine, the amount of it, from your so-called IRS refund, your income tax refund. And then when you need the insurance, doctor tells you you got a bad problem, illness, or the minute you have the wreck call the insurance company and they have to insure you just like they have to in Massachusetts, at controlled prices. Well, this is what's causing prices to skyrocket in Massachusetts. This is why these insurance companies have asked the commission for rate increases from anywhere from eight to 32% and Deval Patrick said no way as part of his opening salvo in his reelection campaign. So the insurance companies, "We can't do business like this." They're nonprofits don't forget, so they stop selling policies. And the governor has ordered them to start quoting prices at last year's premiums. Well, folks, they can't stay in business this way. It's not possible. This is a 100% microcosm. This is just one of the many aspects that is rife throughout Obamacare.
"Mr. Baker is almost certain to be Mr. Patrick's GOP opponent in the fall election. The Governor's lurch toward price controls is obviously part of a bid to tar the former CEO as an industry villain." We know that's going to happen because, "David Plouffe, the architect of Mr. Obama's Presidential campaign, has signed on as a Patrick 2010 consultant. These kinds of collisions between politics and health care are going to occur constantly across the country as ObamaCare kicks in." The thing you have to realize is, this is by design. I don't know if it's by design in Massachusetts, but this is by design in Obamacare. And who knows. Patrick may be using this the same way that Obama intends to use it, and that is to continue to tar and feather the insurance companies, to blame them for being involved in greed, making obscene profits and so forth, basically to run 'em out of business because single payer is where they want to go and I don't know if they want to head that way in Massachusetts, but regardless, you can't buy insurance there today. You can't buy health insurance. The companies that sell it refuse to sell it, and they're nonprofit. All they're trying to do is make enough money to stay in operation. And, by the way, this is exactly how Obama envisions the private sector. There shouldn't be any profit. A company exists to provide health care and jobs. And if they make exactly what it costs them to operate, then that's fine, that's fair and that's the way it ought to be. It is profit that is the evil thing, gets a bull's-eye painted on your back.
Source: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/s...
I tell you, there's a new Marx Brothers show, but this one is no comedy, it's a terror feature. The stars are Karl and Barak Marx. You can not turn it off with a radio/TV switch. We must turn it off at the polls or by revolution.
SandraR:
You mean to say that most people don't like Rush? I can't hardly believe that. NOT! :)
Though polls are not my cup of tea, new numbers from a broad spectrum place Obama at his all-time low:
CBS Poll: 45% approve
Rasmussen Poll: 47% approve
Gallup Poll: 45% approve
Fox Poll: 43% approve
Marist Poll: 46% approve
Apparently national health care lacks a much needed bounce . . . and in fact his numbers are trending downward according to most polls.
razorback,
I have been glued to those polls laughing every day as I see his popularity go down. With Obamas spiral "We the People of America" have an opportunity to reduce the damage this Marxist communist has started.
Jon Voight was a guest on the Mike Huckabee show on April 10th, 2010. On the show he read an open letter to America and to Barack Obama where he discussed the future of America and the need for us all to get involved in our individual states Tea-Party movement in order to save our nation.
Below is the text of the letter:
"In one year, the American people are witnessing the greatest lie that is cleverly orchestrated by President Obama and his whole administration. The lie is a potent aggression that feeds the needs of people who either have not educated themselves enough to understand the assault upon us all or the very poor and needy who live to be taken care of.
President Obama feeds these people poison, giving them the idea that they are entitled to take from the wealthier who have lived and worked in a democracy that understands that capitalism is the only truth that keeps a nation healthy and fed. Now the lie goes very deep and President Obama has been cleverly trained in the Alinsky method and it would be very important that every American knows what that method is.
It is a socialistic, Marxist teaching and with it, little by little, he rapes this nation, taking down our defenses, making new language for the Islamic extremists. The world looked up to us as a symbol of hope and prosperity now wonders what will become of the entire world if America is losing its power.
The American people who understand exactly what is taking place have come together in the thousands, vowing to try to stay together as a unit of love and freedom for all men and women, from all walks of life, shivering to think that this once great nation will be a third world country.
This will be the first president to ever weaken the United States of America. President Obama uses his aggression and arrogance for his own agenda, against the will of the American people when he should be using his will and aggression against our enemies.
Every loving American for peace and truth and the security of our nation must come out and join the Tea Parties in their states. The opposition will continue their tactics; they will lie and plant their own bullies amongst us. Everyone must pay close attention to who stands next to them. We can weed out the liars and agitators.
Let us all stay in Gods light. Let no man put asunder. We can and we will prevail. God bless us all!"
~Jon Voight, April 10th, 2010
Obama seems to surround himself with others who desire the destruction of the greatest nation on planet earth.
The President's Science Czar told young students today that, "The USA can't be #1 indefinitely."
This among other odd occurences seem to point to what many people believe to be true about this present administration. They simply want to put down our country in the eyes of the world, while bowing down to the likes of the Communist Chinese dictator who is responsible for thousands of Christians who are being put to death on a regular basis.
I'm glad I didn't vote for this mess. As a matter of fact, I'm running into more people saying that they voted for Obama, but they weren't going to make that mistake again.
Nevelle Chamberlain had nothing on Obama. He consorted with Hitler by way of appeasement and look at what happened. It took a Churchill to save the day by God's grace I might add.
Obama's Health Scare Plan will pale in significance to his trust in other nations to reduce their Nuclear grade weapons, while we deplete our own capabilities. The world leaders are putting on a good face for America, but behind the scenes they're laughing their heads off.
Oh, by the way, any Churchills waiting in the wings? Not that I know of. Courage is almost obsolete among politicians these days. The WWII generation is dying off daily and there is no one to replace them in this PC society of tree huggers and crybabies.
We are being sold out for the proverbial 30 pieces of silver in my opinion.
On second thought we don't need any politicians now that Americans are finally awakening to the tragic loss we will suffer if we lose our sacred heritage as set forth in the Declaration of Independence -- "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
One last thought: Japan & Obama have one thing in common -- They both awakened a sleeping giant!!!
"We the People" are the next Churchill, enough is enough and "We the People have had enough.
Sold my van yesterday to some people who will be attending the Tea Party in DC on April 15. I hope to see him there :) It's wonderful to visit with more people who are against Obama then those who are for him.
NYT: Obamacare Error Fouls Up Congressional Health Plans
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/12/ny...
The perfect ending to a day that saw support for repealing O-Care reach a new high in Rasmussen (58 percent) and support for The One reach a new weekly low in Gallup (47 percent). Turns out that fantastically long, mind-bogglingly complex bills which no one has actually read may create unintended consequences. Remember how they forgot to require insurers to cover kids with preexisting conditions? Oh, and they forgot initially to let young adults be covered by their parents' insurance until Reid fixed it in reconciliation. Now this. Who knew that when Pelosi said they'd have to pass the bill so that people could find out what's in it, "people" meant Congress?
I'd call it comedy gold if not for the obvious point raised by the Times: "If they did not know exactly what they were doing to themselves, did lawmakers who wrote and passed the bill fully grasp the details of how it would influence the lives of other Americans?"
The law apparently bars members of Congress from the federal employees health program, on the assumption that lawmakers should join many of their constituents in getting coverage through new state-based markets known as insurance exchanges.
But the research service found that this provision was written in an imprecise, confusing way, so it is not clear when it takes effect.
The new exchanges do not have to be in operation until 2014. But because of a possible "drafting error," the report says, Congress did not specify an effective date for the section excluding lawmakers from the existing program.
Under well-established canons of statutory interpretation, the report said, "a law takes effect on the date of its enactment" unless Congress clearly specifies otherwise. And Congress did not specify any other effective date for this part of the health care law. The law was enacted when President Obama signed it three weeks ago.
In other words, theoretically the law kicks them out of the federal health plan now in order to force them to join insurance exchanges ... that don't exist yet. Looking forward to tomorrow, when we're inevitably told that they meant to do that. Exit question for lawyers: Who would have standing to sue to force the federal health plan to drop Congress now? Any citizen, or is it more refined than that?
http://obamacareclassaction.com/join.php
More than 1500 Americans have joined a lawsuit against President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that challenges the constitutionality of the entire health care law. While several lawsuits are pending against the health care law, this lawsuit may be the only one taking broad aim at the law's constitutionality.
Tennessee attorney Van Irion, a Republican candidate for Congress, filed the complaint Thursday in Eastern Tennessee's Federal District Court. Irion allows concerned citizens to join the lawsuit through a form on his Web site.
"We've been surprised at how many people from across the country want to join," Irion said in an e-mail to Fox News.
Eighteen state attorneys general and other individuals have filed suits that attack only the specifics of the health care law. This is an attack on the law's very foundation, claiming that nothing in the Constitution grants the federal government authority to regulate health care. Therefore the plaintiffs claim the law violates the 10th Amendment that reserves powers not granted to the national government to the states.
The complaint claims that the high-profile Democratic defendants abused their power and violated their oaths of office. The suit claims they failed to uphold and defend the Constitution by supporting legislation the plaintiffs say is unconstitutional. The plaintiffs argue the defendants violated their constitutional rights, and they are seeking "injunctive relief, declaratory relief," and "damages to redress and remedy of the violations" to prevent "irreparable harm and future violations" of their rights and the rights of others.
A constitutional law professor at Emory University says this lawsuit is unique because it questions the long-standing interpretation of the Constitution's commerce clause. That clause, which says that Congress has power to regulate commerce among the states, is central to this lawsuit. During Franklin Roosevelt's presidency, after passage of the New Deal policies, the Supreme Court broadened the definition of "commerce" to allow more federal regulation, setting a precedent that stands today.
"I think [this lawsuit] is different," Robert Schapiro said . "It doesn't even really pretend to argue under the way the Constitution is [currently] interpreted. It's saying we should have some other interpretation of the Constitution."
Confronting and reversing the court's precedent is Irion's goal.
"It's a direct challenge to the Supreme Court's commerce clause precedent of the 1930s and '40s," Irion said. "If the Supreme Court was to overturn its commerce clause precedent, the size and authority of the Federal Government would be slashed."
Irion says he is taking this case pro bono. The initial plaintiff was Anthony Shreeve, a Tennessee Tea Party activist, but now the complaint will be changed to include the hundreds of individuals and companies from every state that have signed on as plaintiffs. Irion is seeking class-action status for the suit.
The plaintiff registration process is relatively simple, and any individual or company can participate, according to Irion. After each person signs up, his or her contact information and place of residency is confirmed, and then they are added to the complaint as plaintiffs. No attorney fees or costs will be charged to them.
Though the lawsuit is unique, Schapiro says ultimately it lacks merit, and that the legislation is on firm Constitutional footing, based on precedent from Supreme Court cases on commerce regulation.
"It would be unwise and destabilizing to say we should try to abandon the evolution of the Constitution that has taken place over so many years, and to start from scratch and reconstruct a constitutional system from that," Schapiro said.
By law, the defendants have 60 days to respond to the complaint. Schapiro says they will most likely move to dismiss the lawsuit "on a number of different grounds."
The suit was prompted by the Tennessee attorney general's announcement that he would not file a suit against the federal law. Irion says his intent in filing the suit was to give the citizens of Tennessee a voice, but the idea has caught on around the nation.
The Official Complaint
Complaint filed 4/8/10 in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
http://obamacareclassaction.com/obamacar...
Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
World leaders arriving in Washington for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit must have felt for a moment that they had instead been transported to Soviet-era Moscow.
They entered a capital that had become a military encampment, with camo-wearing military police in Humvees and enough Army vehicles to make it look like a May Day parade on New York Avenue, where a bicyclist was killed Monday by a National Guard truck.
In the middle of it all was Obama -- occupant of an office once informally known as "leader of the free world" -- putting on a clinic for some of the world's greatest dictators in how to circumvent a free press.
The only part of the summit, other than a post-meeting news conference, that was visible to the public was Obama's eight-minute opening statement, which ended with the words: "I'm going to ask that we take a few moments to allow the press to exit before our first session."
Reporters for foreign outlets, admitted for the first time to the White House press pool, got the impression that the vaunted American freedoms are not all they're cracked up to be.
Yasmeen Alamiri from the Saudi Press Agency got this lesson in press freedom when trying to cover Obama's opening remarks as part of that limited pool: "The foreign reporters/cameramen were escorted out in under two minutes, just as the leaders were about to begin, and Obama was going to make remarks. . . . Sorry, it is what it is."
Alamiri's counterparts from around the world wrote of similar experiences in their pool reports. Arabic-language MBC TV's Nadia Bilbassy had this to say of Obama's meeting with the Jordanian king: "We were there for around 30 seconds, not enough even to notice the color of tie of both presidents. I think blue for the king."
The Press Trust of India, at Obama's meeting with the Pakistani prime minister, reported, "In less than a minute, the pool was asked to leave." The Yomiuri Shimbun correspondent found that she was "ushered out about 30 seconds" after arriving for Obama's meeting with the Malaysian prime minister. A reporter with Turkey's TRT-Turk went to Obama's meeting with the president of Armenia, but "we had to leave the room again after less than 40 seconds."
Even the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, was more talkative with the press than Obama. Michelle Jamrisko, with Japan's Kyodo News, noted in her pool report that Hu, at his session with Obama, spoke to the Chinese media in Chinese, while Obama limited himself mostly to "say hello to the cameras" and "thank you everybody."
Obama's official schedule for Tuesday would have pleased China's Central Committee. Excerpts: "The President will attend the Heads of Delegation working lunch. This lunch is closed press. . . . The President will meet with Prime Minster Erdogan of Turkey. This meeting is closed press. . . . The President will attend Plenary Session II of the Nuclear Security Summit. This session is closed press."
Reporters, even those on the White House beat for two decades, said these were the most restricted such meetings they had ever seen. They complained to both the administration and White House Correspondents' Association, which will discuss the matter Thursday with White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.
The restrictions have become a common practice for the Obama White House. When Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu came to the White House a couple of weeks ago, reporters were kept away. Soon after that, Obama signed an executive order on abortion, again without any coverage.
Over the weekend, Obama broke with years of protocol and slipped off to a soccer game without the "protective" pool that is always in the vicinity of the president in case the unthinkable occurs. Obama joked about it later to Pakistan's prime minister, saying reporters "were very upset."
In "bilateral" meetings with foreign leaders, presidents usually take questions, or at least trade statements. But at most of Obama's, there were only written "readouts." Canada: "The president and the prime minister noted the enduring strength of our bilateral partnership." India: "The two leaders vowed to continue to strengthen the robust relationship between the people of their countries." Pakistan: "President Obama began by noting that he is very fond of Pakistan."
Finally, away from other leaders, Obama took reporters' questions for 20 minutes. They were tough and skeptical questions that punctured the banal readouts: pointing out that the nonproliferation agreements weren't binding, noting China's equivocation on sanctions against Iran, and pressing Obama on the failure to curb North Korea's weapons. The Post's Scott Wilson asked Obama if he would call on Israel, which skipped the summit, to declare its nuclear weapons.
"I'm not going to comment on their program," Obama said.
Not surprising. But it's still important that the questions are asked.
THE END?
feel like an alien in my own country.
I feel like an alien in my own country.
On Second Thought . . . To be Continued!
Remember Fahrenheit 911 by Michael Moore?
Moore's movie, (I only saw excerpts) blasted Bush for playing golf too much during his presidency. Hollywood can make anything look real on the screen but in real life they're a joke.
Well, back to my point. Bush played golf 24 times during his 8 year stint as President. Obama, on the other hand has played 32 times in less than 18 months.
While the media criticized Bush, Obama even got a pass for playing golf while the Polish President was being buried.
Hypocrisy is growing exponentially in the Lamestream Media!
Where is Holly wood, Michael Moore & MSNBC now, seeing that our soldiers are still dying in the Middle East while Obama has played golf approximately 7.1% of the days he has been in office.
By the way, where are the arriving body bags for President Obama, that were shown daily during Bush's tenure? NOTTA! By the way, this past year was the deadliest for our military in Afghanistan.
Oh, by the way, just in case I'm misunderstood, I'm in favor of clearing out these terrorists, but the hypocrisy of the left is outlandish!
No wonder Americans have had it!
Sedition?
Go to: http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/Glenn-Bec...
Sounds like the late 1930's under Adolf himself and his media cronies.
These links are worth looking at:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?i...
http://www.nagr.org/UN_lp_survey2.aspx?p...
Woo Hoo!
Appeals Court Temporarily Reinstates ACORN Funding Ban: The ruling by the three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan will remain in place until full arguments on the issue can be heard during the summer.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/...
MORE GOOD NEWS! The truth is out!
ACORN CEO Praises Socialism, Calls Tea Parties 'Bowel Movements'
Former ACORN head Bertha Lewis told a group of the Young Democratic Socialists on that they should "do everything [they] can" to build their organization, and then insisted that our times are worse than internment under the Japanese and the years of Jim Crow laws (h/t Morgan Richmond at BigGovernment):
Any of these groups that says, "I'm young, I'm Democratic, and I'm a socialist," is okay with me. You know that's no light thing to do -- to actually say, I'm a socialist. You've got to know, actually, we are living in a time that's going to dwarf the McCarthy era. We are living in a time that'll dwarf the internment era of internment during World War II. We are right now in a time that is going to dwarf the era of Jim Crow and segregation.
They are coming and they are coming after you, and they are going to be brutal and oppressive. They've already shown it. ... This is not rhetoric or hyperbole -- this is real. ... This tea party so-called movement -- a bowel-movement in my estimation -- and this blatant uncovering and ripping off the mask of racism...
Bertha's group lost its congressional funding after videos were released depicting actual ACORN workers offering advice on how to hide income from prostitution from the government as well as how to lie to get mortgages. This video demonstrates a contrast to rhetoric about alleged fear-mongering among Tea Party protesters.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinio...
This story shows the true face on ACORN, Obama has been a part of this Socialist movement, he worked for ACORN and has supported ACORN for years. = Obama is a Socialist!
This video is really more to the identity of Obama than Ms. Lewis. Those who have been paying attention have known this since Obama came on the national scene. He IS a socialist (or, perhaps, worse if he could be completely open),as his mentors, influences, associations, writings, and even some speeches have long indicated. The complicit media won't report this, so I hope that this speech will gain large viewership on YT
Great articles. Keep them coming.
SandraR:
Few are willing to state the bare facts and stand for the truth at any cost. You stated that our President is a socialist. The proof seems to be in the pudding unless of course we're skewed by false information.
One of the problems we have in front of us is the current educational propaganda that our kids are generally receiving, It is viable, that as we stand today, the majority of them may actually think that socialism is a good thing.
Few of them know little if any about our Founding Fathers and fewer still know anything about our Constitution. If our nation is to stand, this nonsense cannot continue.
I certainly hope the Rector School District is standing firm for our FIRST PRINCIPLES as passed down to us by our Founding Fathers and the Constitution they derived from their combined wisdom which flows from the Creator.
Op-Ed: What Kind of Socialist Is Barack Obama?
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewar...
The assertion that Barack Obama is a socialist became a hallmark of the 2008 presidential campaign. His opponent, John McCain, used Obama's own extemporaneous words to an Ohio plumber as Exhibit A: "When you spread the wealth around," Obama had said, "it's good for everybody." That, McCain insisted, sounded "a lot like socialism," as did Obama's proposals to raise taxes on the wealthy and high earners for the explicit purpose of taking better care of the lower and middle classes with that redistributed money.
Republicans believed they had hit a rhetorical mother lode with this line of argument in 2008, but their efforts to make hay of Obama's putative socialism proved unedifying, if not outright comic. The National Committee of the Republican Party even formally considered a resolution on whether the Democratic party should change its name to "the Democratic Socialist Party" of the United States. The stunt was shelved infavor of compromise language lamenting the Democrats' "march toward socialism."
Fourteen months into his presidency, in March 2010, Obama succeeded in muscling through Congress a partial government takeover of the national health-care system. That legislative accomplishment followed Obama's decision a year earlier, without congressional approval, to nationalize two of the country's Big Three automobile companies. In the intervening months, he had also imposed specific wage ceilings on employees at banks that had taken federal bailout money--the first such federal wage controls since an ill-fated experiment by Richard Nixon in 1971. Obama also made the federal government the direct provider of student loans, and did so by putting that significant change in American policy inside the larger health-care bill. In a September 2009 press conference, Obama suggested that a publicly funded health-care system might help "avoid some of the overhead that gets eaten up at private companies by profits and excessive administrative costs"--thus mistaking the act of making money, the foundational cornerstone of capitalism itself, with the generation of unnecessary expenses.
Given his conduct and rhetoric as president, we have every reason to reopen the question from 2008 and ask, quite simply, What kind of socialist is Barack Obama?
Now, when conservatives dare to suggest, tentatively or otherwise, that Obama or his party might be in the thrall of some variant of socialism, they are derided for it. In the wake of health care's passage, for example, a Salon article mocked conservatives for thinking that Americans now live under "the Bolshevik heel." When the RNC was debating its resolution in 2008, Robert Schlesinger, the opinion editor of U.S. News & World Report, responded: "What's really both funny and scary about all of this is how seriously the fringe-nuts in the GOP take it."
Similarly, in a May 2009 interview, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham mocked the president's critics for considering Obama to be a "crypto-socialist." By these lights, socialism is a very sophisticated, highly technical, and historically precise phenomenon that has nothing to do with the politics or ideas of the present moment, and conservatives who invoke the term to describe Obama's policies and ideas are at best wildly imprecise and at worst purposefully rabble-rousing. And yet when liberals themselves discuss socialism and its relation to Obama, the definition of the term "socialist" seems to loosen up considerably. Only four months before Meacham's mockery of conservatives, he co-authored a cover story for his magazine titled "We're All Socialists Now," in which he and Newsweek's Evan Thomas (grandson of the six-time Socialist-party presidential candidate Norman Thomas) argued that the growth of government was making us like a "European," i.e. socialist, country. At the same time, a host of Left-liberal writers, most prominently E.J. Dionne and Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post, were floating the idea that the new president was ushering in a new age of "social democracy." The left-wing activist-blogger Matthew Yglesias, echoing the Obama White House view that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste, said the Wall Street meltdown offered a "real opportunity" for "massive socialism."
HERE WE GO: http://blogs.suntimes.com/blago/obama.pd...
This is sweeter than sweet!!! The ironic thing is that as much as Blago was labeled a crook, he may turn out to be the one who has the guts to save us all!!! If he can expose this "so-called" administration for what it really is, I will be forever grateful to Blago!!!
Today in United States v. Rod Blagojevich: following up on his 2008 claims that then-Senator Barack Obama was one of a few people who could testify to his innocence, his defense team issued a motion today to subpoena the President to testify in court. Most of the juiciest bits involving Obama's role in choosing a new Senator are blacked out, or so we thought. It turns a lucky PDF glitch gave us VIP access. Who wouldn't want to see the blacked out part? Let's investigate!
Most of the non-blacked out portions of the motion are predictably tame general knowledge: the seat in dispute belonged to the President; the FBI did speak with the President about this case at some point in time. A "labor union official" close to the President (who may be SEIU President Andy Stern) is said to contradict public statements on the case by Obama directly. The credibility of money man Tony Rezko being crucial to the case, the defense would like the President to testify about it. The defense also spends significant amount of time bringing up previous cases of sitting presidents being subpoenaed to testify in relevant cases. What the defense didn't want you to see is the allegation that an Obama "supporter" offered Blagojevich "fundraising" in exchange for the seat. In other words: Blagojevich didn't try to sell the seat; an Obama "supporter" tried to buy it.
Here is a link to the actual PDF, via BreakingNews, for your perusal, and a helpful who's who of Senate candidates. What follows are all the major blocks of blacked-out text in the motion, with some commentary. Some of the allegations make a very close link between the president and the governor; others seem a little to benign to have been given the "confidential" treatment. One wonders if all classified portions of government documents are this easy to breach, or whether whoever put the document together was hoping a reporter somewhere would crack the code. :
Barry Goldwater:
"Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside of the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States."
Louis McFadden:
"The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is eager to enter into close relationship with the Bank for International Settlements.... The conclusion is impossible to escape that the State and Treasury Departments are willing to pool the banking system of Europe and America, setting up a world financial power independent of and above the Government of the United States.... The United States under present conditions will be transformed from the most active of manufacturing nations into a consuming and importing nation with a balance of trade against it."
G. D. McDaniel:
"If, as it appears, the experiment that was called 'America' is at an end ... then perhaps a fitting epitaph would be ... 'here lies America the greatest nation that might have been had it not been for the Edomite bankers who first stole their money, used their stolen money to buy their politicians and press and lastly deprived them of their constitutional freedom by the most evil device yet created --- The Federal Reserve Banking System."
'South Park' Mocks Jesus, So Why Not Islam?
The whole discussion arose in the context of detailed death threats made in PRE-EMPTIVE retaliation for being offended by a pictorial depiction of the Prophet (pbuh).
Let's repeat... threatened murder over having been offended.
Offended.
They weren't placed in mortal danger.
They weren't threatened with physical harm.
They weren't prohibited from believing whatever they want to believe as strongly as they wish.
They were offended... and nothing more.
By contrast, the "Jew[s] living under Nazi occupation" were prevented from working... their families were forcibly separated... their property was confiscated... they were shoveled mercilessly into ghettos, and then systematically slaughtered.
Using even the most Byzantine (in both its literal and figurative senses) logic, draw any meaningful parallel between an entire population of Jews being exterminated en masse by the Nazis...
... and a handful of Muslim extremists who are upset because a non-believer chooses not to follow a rule that they, as believers, subject themselves to... and who are so full of themselves that they've decided to mete out God's punishment for Him, even where He Himself hasn't chosen to dispense such punishment.
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"This is when cartoons kill."
Cartoons don't kill. Crazed violent maniacs kill.
And until we see a raft of fatwas rolling out condemning passionately that kind of behavior (not to mention things like throwing acid in young girls' faces, endangering non-virgin females, etc.), the non-Muslim world's fear of (and resulting animosity towards) the Muslim world will presumably continue, if not grow.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0...
Read the blog posts.
Politically Incorrect,
This is why we need to enact an intelligence test before allowing someone the privilege of voting.
OK THIS IS ABSURD! This guy is not the president of the United States he is a full blown MORON!
OBAMA & BIG SIS Call In Riot Police on Quincy Tea Party Patriots (Video)
As a previous member of the Rector Women's club all the Tea Party members who partook in this event looked less aggressive then the women at the Rector Women's club during a meeting.
HE IS A MORON! Some may say respect for our president but he could not gain respect after this attempt to discrete the tea party. PATHETIC!
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/201...
You're right, SandraR, about some who should not be allowed to vote.
Here is an interesting article about our "Great Black Leader."
What Happened To Our Post-Racial President?
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?i...
I am 100% American and NEVER hyphenate with my heritage. I must take a stance because this is important ILLEGALS MUST GO HOME. (I am of 100% percent Mexican heritage whose family arrived here legally in the late 1800's.)
Immigration Laws of MEXICO
1. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools, no special ballots for elections, and all government business will be conducted in our language.
2. Foreigners will NOT have the right to vote, no matter how long they are here.... See More
3. Foreigners will NEVER be able to hold political office.
4. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, nor any other government assistance programs.
5. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.
6. If foreigners do come and want to buy land that will be okay, BUT options will be restricted. You are not allowed to own waterfront property. That property is reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.
7. Foreigners may not protest; no demonstrations, no waving a foreign flag, no political organizing, no "bad-mouthing" our president or his policies. If you do you will be sent home.
8. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be hunted down and sent straight to jail.
Harsh, you say?
What are the Non-Immigrant Visas?
There are various classifications of Non-Immigrant visitors to Mexico - the main ones are listed below. Your local Mexican Consulate will be able to give you full details about how to apply (and in some cases, pay) for permits that are required in advance.
FMM - The Short-Term Non-Immigrant Visa
Short term visas are intended for visitors to Mexico on short term (six months or less) visits; usually tourists and short-term visitors. For trips of longer than six months, a non-immigrant or immigrant visa should be considered -- see the sections below for details. The FMM has a 'Business Visitor' section, specifically for persons who come to Mexico for short business visits not exceeding thirty days. FMM visas are issued by airlines and are also available at ports of entry* See Also: Entry Requirements for Tourists
FM3 - The Long-Term Non-Immigrant Visa
Mexico operates what is known as a FM3 Visa. The FM3 visa is a renewable long term (more than six months) permit which gives non-immigrant temporary residency status to the holder. This means that it gives a person the right to live in Mexico (under terms as set out in the visa) but it does not lead to, and cannot be converted to, a visa leading to permanent residency.
There are various categories under which FM3 visas are granted, and these relate to the activities you intend to undertake while in Mexico. Under the terms of the FM3, you are authorized to only undertake certain, specific activities which may be lucrative or non-lucrative, depending on the visa's classification.
One of the criteria that the Mexican authorities require for the issuance of a FM3 Visa is that the applicant prove that they have 'sufficient funds to sustain themselves while in Mexico' and/or a proven steady income. There is no official minimum or maximum amount -- every application appears to be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Proof of funds and/or income is usually requested by means of bank account statements, proof of investment income, credit cards, or a combination of these.
Once applied for and granted, the FM3 may be renewed for an additional four years (for a total of five years). After this period, a new FM3 may be applied for and, if granted, will serve for another (max) five year period, renewable annually.
The FM3 visa may not be exchanged automatically for a visa leading to permanent residency (FM2); a FM2 must be applied for separately. Any years accrued under a FM3 visa are not transferable towards FM2-residency status (see FM2 Heading, below, for details).
You may apply for a FM3 visa while in Mexico and in possession of a short-term FMM (Tourist/Business Visitors Visa) or by applying through a Mexican Consulate overseas.
*To holders of passports from specific countries only.
See Mexico Entry Requirements for details.
If you are in doubt, contact your nearest Mexican Consulate
Mexico's Immigrant Visas
Immigrant Visas are issued to foreign nationals who have the intention of living in Mexico for long periods of time (over one year) AND who intend to seek permanent residency in Mexico.
FM2 - The Immigrant Visa
FM2 visas are intended for people seeking permanent residency status in Mexico or those seeking eventual Mexican Citizenship.
There are various categories under which FM2 visas are granted, and these relate to the activities you intend to undertake while in Mexico. Under the terms of the FM2, you are authorized to only undertake certain, specific activities which may be lucrative or non-lucrative.
You must hold a FM2 for a qualifying period* before you may apply for "immigrant" status or Mexican Citizenship.
You do not need to have held a FM3 visa before applying for a FM2, and any years you may have accrued while living in Mexico under the auspice of a FM3 permit do not count towards your FM2 qualification period.
If your goal is to seek long-term residency in Mexico, or to become a Mexican Citizen, you should apply for FM2 status (or request a change of status from FM3 to FM2) so that your time starts counting towards the qualification period as soon as possible.
You may apply for a FM2 visa while in Mexico and in possession of a FMM (Tourist/Business Visitors Visa) or a FM3.
Following the qualification period, you may apply for full resident status. When your full residence status has been accepted, you are entitled to full rights (e.g. access to IMSS sickness pay) and responsibilities (e.g. pay income taxes) as any other Mexican Citizen. Naturalized citizens are also allowed to vote in Mexican elections.
When your full residence status has been accepted, you may also begin your application for Mexican Citizenship, although you do not have to do this; you can remain a 'resident alien' on a FM2 visa indefinitely.
Upon receiving immigrated status, you will receive a document that looks like a Mexican Passport (called a "FM2") -- newer versions look like a driver's license -- which enables you pass through Mexico's borders as if you were a Mexican National.
You do not, under Mexican law, need to surrender your national passport -- whether you remain a resident-alien or apply for citizenship -- which you'll use when you return to your home country: either for visits, or when returning home to dwell. You home country's policies may require you to surrender your passport and/or citizenship; check with your local authorities for details.
If you hold a FM2 visa and stay outside of Mexico for longer than 2 years, or for 5 years in any 10 year period, you will lose your permanent resident status in Mexico.
*Qualifying periods vary depending on your circumstances. Seek advice from an immigration lawyer about this matter.
Examples of the kinds of people who might apply for FM2 visas:
Retirees
If you are over 50 years of age, and want to engage in "non-remunerative activities" and you are receiving funds from abroad (from a pension or other investments or fixed income) you can apply for a Retiree Immigration Permit. Read more about Retirement in Mexico on Mexperience.
Investors
You can receive an immigration permit if you are willing to invest your capital in Mexico. You investment can be directed at industry or services, and must equal a minimum set amount--check with an immigration lawyer for the latest investment levels required for this visa.
Professionals
If you are a qualified professional, you can have your certificates validated by the Mexican Consulate in your home country and apply for an immigration visa to live in Mexico and seek permanent residence.
Technical or Scientific Professions
If you are a qualified technician or scientist, Mexico offers a category of visa which enables you to live and work in Mexico under sponsorship from a foreign company. For example, if the company wants to open an office or factory in Mexico, a person or persons representing that company may enter Mexico to manage the commercial operations on a long term basis.
Artists and Sports People
Artists or sports people who seek long term permanent residency in Mexico may apply for a FM2 visa. Each case is considered individually and entry is at the Interior Ministry's discretion.
May I be granted Mexican Citizenship?
Acquiring Mexican Citizenship (naturalization) is an involved process. As a minimum, you must have been living in Mexico for a qualifying period* under the auspice of a FM2 visa and have applied for, and been granted, permanent resident status (although exceptions to this rule may apply, depending upon a variety of circumstances).
Marriage to a Mexican national, for example, might enable naturalization with a shorter qualification period. We recommend that you contact an immigration lawyer for full counsel on these matters.
You will be asked to undertake an exam, which you must pass, in order to acquire naturalization/citizenship. An immigration lawyer will be able to advise you about the exam and what things you will need study and research in order to be able to pass it. The examination is of a "multiple choice" type, comprises of some fifteen questions, and is not hard; although you will need a basic grasp of the Spanish language to pass it.
See Also: Becoming A Naturalized Mexican
*Qualifying periods vary depending on your circumstances. Seek advice from an immigration lawyer about this matter.
Which Mexican Visa is Right for Me?
Below are some examples of situations and the type of visa you may consider applying for. If you are in any doubt, we recommend you contact an Immigration Lawyer for advice and counsel in regard to your individual circumstances.
Non Immigrant (FMM and FM3)
When you do NOT want to seek permanent residence in Mexico
For Vacations and Casual Trips to Mexico: Simply fill out and use the Visitor's Permit (FMM), available from the airline you travel with or the port of entry*
For Work Placements: If you plan to live and work in Mexico, a Visitor's Permit (FM3 Visa), renewable annually, is probably your best option.
For Other Activities: You should apply for a FM3 permit commensurate with your activity - e.g. Student, Journalist, Scientist, Professional, et al.
*To holders of passports from specific countries only.
See Mexico Entry Requirements for details.
If you are in doubt, contact your nearest Mexican Consulate.
Immigrant, Economically Active (FM2)
When you want to acquire permanent residency AND you want to work in Mexico:
You will need to satisfy the requirements for entry (e.g. professional, sponsored by a company, etc -- see notes above about FM2), OR be able and prepared to invest a significant amount of capital to apply for a FM2 investor's visa.
Immigrant, Not Economically Active (FM2)
When you want to acquire permanent residency but DO NOT want to work in Mexico:
If you are of retirement age (50+), and have a regular source of income from abroad (investments, savings, etc), then a Retiree FM2 visa will be the most straightforward route. NB: There is no 'official' minimum income, by law, that you need to prove; criteria and income levels vary and each application is dealt with on a case-by-case basis; you will need to contact your local immigration office in Mexico for the latest advice or hire an immigration lawyer to give you counsel based upon your individual circumstances.
If you are not of a retirement age (below 50) and want to live but not work in Mexico, you will need to contact the Mexican Consulate if you are not already in Mexico. If you are in Mexico, perhaps on a FMM visa, contact an immigration lawyer for advice. Provided that you can prove a steady income, you may be granted FM2 visa to live in Mexico and seek permanent residency. You will need to state what you intend to do there, e.g. early retirement due to health, etc. There are various routes to obtaining a FM2 visa and if you are unsure, the best course of action is to contact an immigration lawyer for counsel (see next section).
Immigration Lawyers
You may apply for Mexican Visas directly, in person, or you may hire a representative to do the paperwork and administration on your behalf.
How you go about applying for your visa will depend on your circumstances, how much Spanish you speak, and how much time you have to deal with the considerable bureaucracy involved in the application process.
If you are unsure which visa may be right for your circumstances, if you are having trouble with the application you made on your own, or if your Spanish language skills are rusty, then you may do well to hire the services of an immigration lawyer in Mexico.
A good immigration lawyer will be up-to-speed on the latest legislation as well as the latest "on the ground" policies being implemented at a local level. A lawyer will also be able to assess your individual circumstances and suggest a proper course of action, based on your personal situation, that will have the best chance of leading to a successful application. A good lawyer will also advise you if it is not possible for a person in your circumstance to make a successful application.
Hiring an Immigration Lawyer and representative will also avoid you having to make repeated trips to the Immigration Office, make lines and deal with the bureaucracy and extensive paperwork involved in acquiring your immigration documents. If your presence is required at the Immigration Office (e.g. to sign documents or give fingerprints), your lawyer will advise you and arrange to meet you there.
The support offered by a good lawyer can save you a considerable amount of time, especially if your application is complex. If you don't speak good Spanish then you will almost certainly require representation to expedite your visa(s).
I was defriended by a liberal friend on face book today. During a heated debate about the right and wrongs of the immigration condition I posted this:
Let me put this in simple terms everyone can understand.
I Sandra notice your door open and no one around. I walk in your home make myself at home and start eating your food, watching your TV. I feel like getting a job so I steal your identity and get a job.
You notice me and scream WHAT THE HECK! GET OUT!
I tell you sorry but its cold outside and I have been watching you and all you have for to long so F you.
You call the police to get me out of your house.
The police arrive but he is not allowed to ask who actually owns this house.
NOW DO YOU GET IT?
Look at this:
Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti , the United States rushed in to help - with money, medicine, and manpower. To date, we've already given over $179 million in humanitarian aid... but Barack Obama has just ordered all U.S. installations to take down their American flags, lest we be seen as an "occupying army" rather than "international partners."
It is patently appalling that a president of the United States would consider our flag to be a symbol of militaristic takeovers and colonialism, especially when serving (to a greater degree than any other nation on Earth) a humanitarian purpose.
Additionally, who would think we'd want to occupy Haiti ?!
No other country giving aid in Haiti has lowered its flag. But then again, no other country has a leader who is offended by their own flag.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-...
HYPOCRITE ALERT:
Remember the outrage over the Feds oerceived poor response to Katrina? Well, now that the Liberal media as well as Left wing Hollywood's darling President did not respond for 11 days in the Gulf oil spill everything is fine. THE LIBERAL MEDIA IS BECOMING A PROVERB!
Double standards are often the precursor to disaster in a nation. Check out Germany in the late 30's. Ominous to say the least!
Perhaps the latest bomb scare in Times Square will get American's attention. If we're to take back the country we once knew something has to get our undivided attention.
On the other hand, Left wing Hollywood and the Lamestream Media is hell-bent on taking us down the primrose path that leads to destruction.
PI and Razorback,
You may want to read this:
The Obama-Ayers meeting: What you haven't been told the most exhaustive investigation ever into prez's background, radical ties.
William Ayers
A new book released today uncovers for the first time where and how President Obama first met Weather Underground terrorist-group founder William Ayers -- and it is much earlier than previously believed.
The book reveals the two were brought together by a student of radical community organizer Saul Alinsky, whose name, it has emerged, was obscured in Obama's autobiography "Dreams from My Father."
The new book, "The Manchurian President: Barack Obama's Ties to Communists, Socialists and other Anti-American Extremists," charges Obama has deep ties to an anti-American extremist nexus that has been instrumental not only in building his political career but in crafting current White House policy.
Autographed! Get Aaron Klein's "The Manchurian President" at WND's Superstore.
The book exposes an extremist coalition of communists, socialists and other radicals working both inside and outside the administration to draft and advance current White House policy goals.
With more than 800 citations, the brand new, autographed title from WND senior reporter and WABC Radio host Aaron Klein bills itself as the most exhaustive investigation ever performed into Obama's political background and radical ties. Klein's co-author is historian and researcher Brenda J. Elliott.
(Story continues)
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.vie...
SandraR:
What a surprise? NOT!
Oh, by the way, who was it that voted for Obama?
NOT ME!
Does anyone see something strange in the water?
1. Prez Obama says Drill Baby Drill.
2. Oil Spill so massive it could destroy what's left of Louisiana.
3. Swat Team and lawyers are sent to oil spill.
4. Attempted Bomb threat in NYC. (take your attention from spill)
5. Congress is talking about taking the guns again, "Terrorists and Guns: The Nature of the Threat and Proposed Reforms."
5. Prez Obama Says "NO DRILL"
NOW:
The DNC is now trying to raise money off of a oil rig explosion that killed 11 Americans.
The Democratic National Senatorial Committee today e-mailed supporters a fundraising plea: "Help President Obama hold BP accountable."
May sound a bit from the edge but could this ALL be planned and staged?
History Lesson:
Bear Bryant, the legendary football coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide (a native Arkansan) was known for his hard nosed coaching. Winning was the name of the game for Bear. However, he was also well-known for something else. He never blamed a loss or a problem on this coaches or players, he blamed himself for their losses (which were few and far between) and he lauded his players and coaches when they won. Wise coach who built perhaps the most powerful college football program in history.
Now, another man from Chicago, Barack Obama, never accomplished anything of any significance before his meteoric rise to president of the USA in 2008. He was a Senator, but he was fundamentally running for president the whole time he was in office. Sarah Palin accomplished more than Obama, yet SNL and the liberal media simply villified Palin while giving Obama, a Chicago (you may insert your take here) a free ride.
Don't get lost in the Palin comment, that is not my primary point. Back to Bear Bryant. Unlike Obama, Bear always elevated his cohorts and players in victory while blaming himself for the losses. On the other hand, Obama always blames others for his defeats and exalts himself in victory. Lets see, we're fully into his 2nd year and he still finds way to blame Bush, BP, Wall Street, American businesses, Charlie's Angels, Mother Teresa, and a host of other relatives and friends. When he succeeds (not that he actually has) he's quick to laud himself for the great accomplishment.
This tactic is tearing the country apart and producing the very opposite of his promised restoration of non-partisanship. In fact, this presidency is the most partisan presidency in history, and soon he will go the way of Carter.
The only means whereby he maintains any semblance of being presidential, is the croniism of the media and OH SO QUITE HOLLYWOODER"S who castigated Bush for playing golf too much in his eight years, while Obama has already eclipsed his golf participlation in a little over one year in office. Double standard that the American people will rectify in November, 2010 and November of 2012. I forgot, where are the daily body bags now?
And God said . . . "Pride goeth before a fall!"
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!
Dow dropped at one point today, 900 points. It now stands around 465 @ 3:25 p.m. (Eastern Time). Gas prices are anticipated to exceed $4.00 during the Summer months with some predicting prices as high as $5.00.
Oil is beginning to come ashore on the gulf coast according to some reports. The disaster is being touted as one of the worst environmental catastrophes in the history of the U.S.A.
The Valdez incident while Bush Sr. was in office was a source of extremely negative press against the President at the time. Today, however, the media guards our present leader from such incursions of dissent.
Federal intervention, that many Americans view as a divine right, was 11 days late under Obama while Bush Sr. acted hastily, yet lambasted and blamed for the incident. There will be few press reports against Obama's mishandling of the gulf tragedy.
Partisanship is exponentially expanding across America with no end in sight concerning the present rancor.
Immigration, illegal immigration that is, is now seen by many as a right. What's next?
Not a pretty picture!
These people act as if no one is WATCHING them.
NBC Reporter to Black Republican: Are You Aligning Yourself With the 'Racism' In the Tea Party?
MSNBC HOST: Lt. Col., our time is limited, but my last question to you. The Tea Party has raised concerns that it may have, I guess, racism built in it. We have seen some racist signs at past events. People have said that is not apart of the Tea Party movement, but are African-American candidates aligning themselves with the Tea Party?
LT. COL. ALLEN WEST (RET.): Well, I don't think they're so much aligning themselves with the Tea Party. The principles and values I espouse: limited government, lower taxes, individual responsibility, accountability, liberty and honoring the traditions of our Constitutional Republic are connecting me with those grassroots Americans that attend Tea Party rallies. And I've spoken to four or five of those rallies and I've not seen any racist type of signs.
Lt. Col. Allen West, retired, is a Republican Florida Congressional candidate.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2...
Liberals made hay since Obama arrived over FNC's (alleged) incompentency. They called them right wingers bent on the destruction of America.
How ignorant! MSNBC is the most bombastic and pathetic network in the history of the world. Obermann wasn't a very good sports commentator on ESPN for years. He's even worse than that as a News commentator on MSNBC.
Greece now, U.S.A. later if MSNBC types have their way. Viva La France if the thugs and elitists have their way.
Oh, 9.9 unemployment soon to dip into double digits, AGAIN. Where is the "alleged" surge in the economy. Made up stories will finally bury (politically speaking) those who conjure up fairy tales.
A Knave, "whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People."
More Double-Standard:
Obama has bestowed a no-bid contract to, of all people, Haliburton. Will Michael Moore make another movie?
Also, in the news today, E-mails and other records of Dr. Eric Whitaker -- one of President Obama's best friends -- have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
The investigation involves "faith-based initiatives" and health-awareness campaigns funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health when Whitaker ran the agency for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to copies of subpoenas obtained under the state's Freedom of Information Act.
Another interesting tidbit concerns Obama's lashing out at media world, Ipads, Xboxes, etc. Isn't it interesting that in 2008: Hoping to grab the attention of young voters, the Obama campaign was the first to place political ads in video games.
Now, apparently, he is upset about the vast information that is apparently hurting his agenda. When it was in his favor he loved it, now that information is flowing freely the other way he hates it.
Mr. Techno himself can't seem to tolerate the downside when it actually goes against him.
ONE TERMER . . . Please!
Poll: 2010 Election Remains Close, 2012 Vote Splits Evenly
Any analysis based on Democrats vs Republicans completely misses the point and will not reveal the approaching voter landslide. The power and determining factor in this election will be the Tea Party Movement and the Independent voters who broadly support the principles of this Movement. Progressives and Washington insiders from both parties will be removed from office. Try looking at the situation through different eyes: Neither party currently represents the majority of Americans. Both parties have become irrelevant unless they morph into something new. The Democrats have already purged all moderate and conservative Democrats and seized control of the Democrat Party to become the Progressive Party in disguise. They attempted to do the same with the Republican Party with the logic that only Progressives could appeal to the majority of Independents to grow the party base. This is simply wrong, since the majority of Independents are against big government control, big spending and big taxes, as evidenced by most polls and the growing power of the Tea Party Movement. What drives Progressives crazy is that the Movement is genuinely values based, grass roots driven, fractionalized with hundreds of independent organizations communicating through the internet and not top-down controlled. That makes Alinsky style tactics ineffective (Thus Obama speech foolishly denouncing information technology). Some factions of the Movement have tried to seize top-down control for the Republican Party insider leadership without success. The struggle is currently taking place for the identity of the Republican Party with many Independent Tea Party members working to morph it into the organized political base for a return to sanity in America. The Tea Party Movement and the supporting majority voter base will replace Republican and Democrat Progressives /Washington Insiders in November of 2010 and 2012. The Democrats will suffer most of the election defeats since they have realigned their party in direct defiance of the will of the majority of the American People.
This could be similar to the start of CSPAN, the people get to see there vote in action. Love the idea :)
It's called YouCut. It allows anyone to vote on a project that they think Congress should cut. Republicans will suggest possible cuts each week and will try to bring the winning cut to the House floor each week for an up or down vote.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-2...
http://www.republicanwhip.house.gov/YouC...
Well, well, surprise, surprise! The U.S. full-year deficit this year is projected at $1.5 trillion on top of a $1.4 trillion shortfall last year. Barack is busting the bank of America and it doesn't seem to disturb him in the least.
UHHH! Could it be that the President desires the insolvency of the nation to fulfill his own vision of a new America made in his own image? Methinks so, what about you?
Goodbye baseball, apple pie, and prosperity. Hello moral bankruptcy on top of the soon arriving fiscal debacle!
Obama is nothing more than a puppet for those who have been ruling and ruining this country for many years now. Does anyone seriously believe we'd be on this brink of destruction if we'd had "leaders" with respect for our Constitution and our traditions?
Is this what puppets say when they leave their family for the Oval office? "I go to prepare a communist home for you."
In my opinion, last night's results foreshadow deep trouble for the Democratic party in November. I suppose no one is greatly surprised by the outcome.
The lesson learned is don't seek a coattail from you-know-who.
I am cautiously optimistic that the voting public has had their eyes opened in the last two years to someone who generally opposes the American way of governance.
Europe, we are NOT! Thank God for the ole' stars and stripes!
Oh My Gosh this is just cherry! All these boycotts from the radical left, should make for a nice summer in AZ.
Arizona dares L.A. to carry out boycott
In a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce said a boycott war is bad for both sides, and said he would "be happy to encourage Arizona utilities to renegotiate your power agreements" to end the electricity flowing to Los Angeles.
"I am confident that Arizona's utilities would be happy to take those electrons off your hands," Mr. Pierce said. "If, however, you find that the City Council lacks the strength of its convictions to turn off the lights in Los Angeles and boycott Arizona power, please reconsider the wisdom of attempting to harm Arizona's economy."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010...
And it keeps getting better :)
Calif. City Takes Stand Against Illegal Immigration as Ariz. Boycott Battle Rages
A California city mere miles from the metropolis that imposed a boycott on Arizona over its immigration law has just weighed in on the other side of the debate -- voting to declare itself a "Rule of Law City" where illegal immigrants are not welcome.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/...
California should change it's spelling to Kalifornia! Hollywood, Berkley and a host of socialists make up the political spectrum representing the whole state. The only time they don't like a law is when the people have actually voted on it.
17 more states planning Ariz. 'illegal' crackdown:
Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Utah.
Liberal networks turning on Obama administration
Gulf disaster eclipsing Katrina
Obama now @ 44% according Rasmussen & falling fast
Freshman congressmen running from Obama who were voted in in 2008 on his coattails
Nation bracing for a double dip recession due primarily to unchecked spending spree by the Obama administration
Could it get worse? Absolutely.
Happily. Many who voted for Obama regret it and are vowing not to make the same mistake again.
Remember inauguration day on this blog? Things, they are a changing'
Let's not make the same mistake again
Read the Constitution people
razorback and Politically Incorrect,
It has been a glorious day reading all the wonderful good things helping to dismantle this administration but a friend decided to share with me today and I thought it would be beneficial to share this very scary information with you.
THIS IS VERY SCARY!
And we know she is not alone. Heaven help us!
Worse than voting, people like this reproduce!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMK9zxb5H...
I had to listen 2 times to be certain it was not a joke.
Obama Skipping Memorial Day Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Will Vacation in Chicago, Returning to Attend a Paul McCartney Concert...
I must say I am proud to be a veteran and glad this sorry excuse for a President will not disgrace the ceremony.
His presence would dishonor any event. It is an insult that the office was bought for him.
I hear, however, that laxative sales are at a historic low since he's been in office.
I think he can be called a proactive public purgative.
BULLETIN BULLETIN!!
Just heard that Pepto Bismol sales are soaring!
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On this Memorial Day 2010, we have a President who will go down as the worst president in the history of the U.S.A.
He has no idea as to what he is suppose to be doing.
A community organizer does not a president make.
I will always be able to say with a straight face . . . I didn't vote for the man. Not because he happens to be black (which is still a mantra of the far-left), but because he is not qualified to be the POTUS. Nor does he understand our way of life or governance.
2012, November will be a great liberation for this country!
From a blog:
Our economy will go forward when the government leaves some money in circulation so that borrowing can happen. Spending on keeping state and government workers on the payroll when the states should cut is simply a decision to spend money that the states cannot otherwise spend. budgets at the states should have been cut a year and a half ago and the federal goverment is keeping the money flowing where it should have dried up.
Again, businesses cannot use the money spent on folks that should have been cut. Access to flowing money is tied in knots.
In my honest opinion, this is not an accident. Obama and his gang wish to cripple small businesses and control the large ones. Socialism requires this and this is one way of getting to that. They also wish to short the millitary in the near future so as to cause the millitary to have less confidence in their ability to get the job done. Top brass knows this full well and is keeping their mouth shut. This drives down public confidence and the takeover that Obama has in mind requires us to doubt ourselves.
May 21, 2010 @ 10:45 AM
William, SC
Anothr good one:
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank."
--- Candidate Barack Obama, October 27, 2007
If they ever decide to make a new Amos 'n' Andy show, Obama will make the perfect "Kingfish." Eric H. Holder, Jr. will play attorney Algonquin J. Calhoun, of course.
They were born too late for their true calling.
THIS REALLY EXPLAINS THE illegal immigrant issue.
Let's say I break into your house
A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials in ages!!! It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV.
Her point:
Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.
Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.
Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests.
Let's say I break into your house.
Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave.
But I say, 'No! I like it here. It's better than my house. I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house).
According to the protesters:
You are Required to let me stay in your houseYou are Required to feed me
You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
You are Required to Educate my kids
You are Required to Provide other benefits to me & to my family
My husband will do all of your yard work because he is also hard-working and honest. (except for that breaking in part).
If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.
It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest, person, except for well, you know, I did break into your house
And what a deal it is for me!!!
I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior.
Oh yeah, and I DEMAND that you learn MY LANGUAGE!!! so that you can communicate with me.
Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?!
America is populated and governed by idiots.
If you agree, pass it on (in English).
If not blow it off.........
along with your future Social Security funds and a lot of the former benefits of being an American Citizen.
Good one SandraR.
I like this one too:
Are the difficulties confronting America today the result of disregarding the wisdom and the warnings of our Founders? Is it conceivable there exists a hidden agenda seeking to undermine those very principles that made America the bastion of freedom and liberty? Consider whether or not the following points are prominent in America today:
1) Development of the illusion that total disarmament would be a demonstration of moral strength.
2) Promotion of free trade between all nations regardless of communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war;
3) Provision of American aid to all nations regardless of communist domination;
4) Allowance of Soviet satellites individual representation in the United Nations;
5) Promotion of the United Nations as the "only hope for mankind". And if its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces;
6) Resistance to any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party;
7) Usage of technical decisions in the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights;
8) Acquisition of the schools and teachers' associations, and their use as transmission belts for socialism and current communist propaganda;
9) Infiltrate the press and gain control of book reviews, editorial writing, policy-making positions;
10) Acquisition of all key positions in radio, TV, and motions pictures;
11) Erosion of cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motions pictures, and TV;
12) Presentation of homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as normal, natural, and healthy;
13) Elimination of the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis;
14) Elimination of prayer or any phrase of religious expression in the schools on the grounds that it violates the principles of "separation of church and state";
15) Elimination of the House Committee on Un-American Activities;
16) Discreditation of the family as an institution and encourage promiscuity and easy divorce;
17) Promotion of the need to raise children away from the "negative" influence of parents.
These are just some of the long-term goals of the Marxist agenda for America, and can be found in the Congressional Record (January 10, 1963, pages A34, A35). They are also revealed in former FBI agent Cleon Skousen's book, The Naked Communist.
On Arkansas Tombstone:
Thank God, I am, at last, free of vile allergies, humidity, ticks, fleas, chiggers, mosquitoes, poison oak, poison ivy, tornadoes, copperheads, rattlesnakes and Barak Obama. Death Is Sweet!
I can't believe you guys are still blasting Obama. After all, George Bush is to blame for all of Obama's ills. It was Bush who caused Katrina and now the oil spill in the gulf. It was Bush who caused Obama to drop kick Israel to the curb when they were simply trying to defend themselves. It was Bush and his cronies who control the weather, the deficit, the borders, the floods, fires, and a host of other calamities.
Its about time for us conservatives to face up to the fact that Hollywood is right and we're wrong - Bush is the devil while Obama is clearly defined by the fact that he knows what a library is. Of course he never reads the books in the library.
By the way - Paul McCartney can go back to his home country for good in my opinion. What a jerk!
One last word, Bush = Billions, Obama = O'trillions
To put that in perspective follow the logic below:
If you took $1,000 bills and stacked them 4 inches you would have 1 Million Dollars.
If you took $1,000 bills and stacked them 333 feet you would have 1 Billion Dollars
If you took $1,000 bills and stacked them 63.14 miles you would have 1 Trillion Dollars
DO THE MATH!
Now that you've arrived at the facts, tell me who you would vote for? Bush or Obama? By the way, consider your children and grandchildren before you decide, because we'll be rotting in the grave by the time our posterity pays for 1 mile of Obama's money. Or should I say, OUR MONEY!
WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!
Bush started the ball rolling on socialism with his stupid stimulus plan so I am still not happy with how President Bush ended his presidency.
TODAY is the day we will find out how the cookie is about to crumble for Mr. Obama, this jerk makes Carter appear to have set the low standard for a president and go figure Obama has beat that standard.
For any liberal friends reading this blog - I will never call this creep president, it was your liberal chats which showed me how to appropriately disrespect a president by refusing to call President Bush -- President. I tried desperately to explain how liberal rudeness would surmount the bad behavior started... Go figure not even people of the news call this man President.
SandraR: "Bush started the ball rolling on socialism with his stupid stimulus plan so I am still not happy with how President Bush ended his presidency."
His Patriot Act is also a threat to every citizen, it bypasses our Constitutional freedoms.
Reuters reporting that fed deficit will exceed 19.5 TRILLION by 2015. That translates to over 1300 miles of $1,000 bills stacked one upon another.
Consequently, our posterity will live and die in debt. What a tragedy!
To equate Bush's pathetic decision to spend billions with Obama's break neck drive to spend TRILLIONS is ludicrous! There is absolutely NO comparison.
$1,000,000,000 = 1billion - number written as a decimal is 0.1 Trillion
Trillion
$1,000,000,000,000 = 1trillion - 10 to 12th power
6 more years of Obama may introduce us to quadtrillions
You two need to run for Mayor, I noticed Topix is hot about electing a new mayor for Rector :)
Pays not good enough and I happen to live 900 miles from Rector.
A salary goes with that office?
PI:
Exactly! That's why I nominate you. And I'll donate to your campaign. Maybe a kidney, gallbladder or an old obama's the greatest T-Shirt that is no longer in use. See u labor day.
PI you're the only one living there - I have property there as a capitalist pig that I am. But have moved to Indiana.
Were do we donate our 2 cents to your campaign?
I appreciate both your offers of help. However, I wouldn't lie, steal or sell out, so I wouldn't make a politician.
Well, the worm has turned.
When Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews diss Obama the way they did after his repugnant speech from the Oval office on the Gulf fiasco the end is near.
Now the foreign press is falling off the Obama wagon in droves. Finally reality has set in for those who experienced a bit of temporary insanity.
Talk without the Walk is death for a leader. Community organizers beware, no more candidates from your quarters for the next 100 years.
Bush isn't so bad after all, when compared to Obama. The polls have now clearly shown that Bush did a much better job with Katrina than Obama with the Oil spill. Of course, Hollywood and the far-left media still has a propensity to mitigate the damage on a socialistic liberal.
One last problem for Obama - His disapproval ratings now exceed his approval ratings. According to Rasmussen he has a -20 rating now.
Let us learn lessons from this tragedy citizens so we can begin our long climb out of the pit we've had dug for us, especially under Obama's Trillion, yea Trillions of dollars spree.
LET US LEARN!
We have been pulling our hair out trying to get people to listen, and you calmly say let us learn from this...
UGH!
I want to bury the liberal, socialist, communist, marxist, progressives as they did during the 50's with the House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC). I want them to be too afraid to come out of the hole they crawled out of.
Well then let's bury and then learn, that's ok with me!
I fear that this bozo will corrupt the election process to stay in office another term. ( or terms ), And if it is an honest election and he is voted out.......stand by for the riots. The left is mean, ugly, and unlawful. There is no grace on the left.
Hold on now, you're giving bozo a bad rap comparing him with Obama.
How odd it seems that the right of engaging in riots comes exclusively from the FAR LEFT.
Another strange occurence is that the left is always right and the right is always left, I mean wrong. That is, at least to the elitists and their Hollywood cohorts.
41% approval rating and plummeting! TICK, TOCK, TICK, TOCK . . .
Obama lacks common sense. He prefers the elitist types and the meritocracy with Nobel Prizes on their walls along with Diploma's from the Ivy League. His penchant for the obvious is non-existent and his propensity to hang out with the people who are educated beyond their own capacity to think rationally is dispicable and arrogant.
Common sense means a lot for those with a brain. Diploma's may be great on the wall but it doesn't always translate into practicality.
By the way, where is all the science that Obama promised Americans while disparaging Bush's so-called ignorance of the higher fields of learning.
Give me the common sense President who doesn't bow down to everyone with a badge or a plaque on the wall.
We now have Executive leadership in our Capitol that busies itself by way of mutual admiration and arrogance more than leading this country in a proper way.
WHO IN THE WORLD VOTED FOR THIS . . .
I say BALONEY!
Most every Negro has disgraced whatever political office they've held. They are physical, Whites are mental. Look at their history wherever they have had any power. Obama was assured his office by the elites who control this country. X-Ray his head and you will find a hand working his lying mouth.
You should take a peek at this chart
The US Misery Index by President
January 1948 to April 2010
http://www.miseryindex.us/indexbypreside...
Thanks, there's a lot to learn there.
We want to stop Obamacare and we want to stop it now. That is why I've decided to file a motion for preliminary injunction and serve it along with our amended complaint. A motion for preliminary injunction is a request that a court order be issued at the beginning of a case. Such orders prevent one party from acting while the case is being heard. Our motion will be requesting that the court prevent the Federal government from enforcing any aspect of Obamacare, while our case is pending. These types of orders are typically used to prevent one party from being harmed by the other party while the case is being heard. Federal cases can take years to be resolved, so a large amount of harm can be done while you're waiting for the court to act. That is certainly the case here.
To get such an injunction granted we must prove that 1) We will be irreparably harmed without the order; 2) we are likely to win our case; and 3) that the public will be better served by granting the order than by denying it. With strong legal reasoning and overwhelming public opposition to the government takeover of our health care, our case meets all three of these factors and supports granting a preliminary injunction.
Such motions are sometimes denied, especially when the party requesting the injunction is also arguing that well-established precedent should be overturned. However, the logic of our arguments cannot be ignored. It really boils down to whether or not we get a judge that has the guts to uphold the clear meaning of the Constitution instead of bowing to politically motivated precedent from 70+ years ago. It comes down to whether or not we get a Judge that upholds his oath of office.
Also, such a motion allows us to make our arguments in a way that grabs the attention of the government, the media, and the American people. We will be raising our voices again and making it known that we intend to win. We will not quietly sit by while dozens of new agencies are created to take away our freedom, while the IRS is empowered to become even more invasive of our privacy, nor while the the government continues to ignore the true reforms that are needed in health care.
This motion for preliminary injunction has the potential to stop Obamacare in its tracks. It will be filed in conjunction with the amended complaint that adds you and the more than 32,000 of your fellow Americans that have joined to date. Let's make a much stronger statement to the court and make that number more than 100,000! Please tell everyone you know about our effort to take back our government. Please encourage them to join us. Even if you've told them before, please tell them again. Most people need to hear about something at least three times before they act. If we have 100,000 plaintiffs the Judge we will be more likely to follow his Oath and grant the injunction. Let's make this happen!
In Liberty,
Van
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Can you imagine the gall! Being against anything Obama is for is totally out of line. The man has to be a rabid racist! Obama will force him to resign from the human race and join his.
Mr. McFadden was a prophet.
McFadden is also remembered for his criticism of the Federal Reserve, which he claimed was created and operated by European banking interests who conspired to economically control the United States.
"The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is eager to enter into close relationship with the Bank for International Settlements.... The conclusion is impossible to escape that the State and Treasury Departments are willing to pool the banking system of Europe and America, setting up a world financial power independent of and above the Government of the United States.... The United States under present conditions will be transformed from the most active of manufacturing nations into a consuming and importing nation with a balance of trade against it." ---Louis T. McFadden
Born July 25, 1876
Granville Center, Troy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Died October 1, 1936 (aged 60)
New York City
Political party Republican
Well, ladies and gentlemen, we have 6 month of lower taxes before Obama's new tax increase inundates businesses as well as families.
What was a promise in Sept. 2008 by Obama that no one under $250,000 would receive a tax increase is now debunked by the manipulator himself.
Lies, lies and more lies. He spends money like its going out of style (Literally, the dollar may likely fall to the Euro) and then puts a tax on everything that moves.
Oh, he's also seeking the power to shut down the internet for as long a 4 months at a time as he deems necessary. Czar!
Something more than oil in the gulf is leaking in this country. INTEGRITY IS LEAKING FROM OUR POLITICIANS.
JOHN ADAMS: "A constitution of government, once changed from from freedom, cannot be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."
"If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"---Will Rogers.
In troubled times, the fearful and naive are always drawn to charismatic radicals.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-s...
SandraR:
I Agree with the statement and the picture.
A former senior advisor to President Bill Clinton says that the only thing which can rescue Barack Obama's increasingly tenuous grip on power as his approval figures continue to plunge is a terror attack on the scale of Oklahoma City or 9/11, another startling reminder that such events only ever serve to benefit those in authority.
Buried in a Financial Times article about Obama's "growing credibility crisis" and fears on behalf of Democrats that they could lose not only the White House but also the Senate to Republicans, Robert Shapiro makes it clear that Obama is relying on an October surprise in the form of a terror attack to rescue his presidency.
"The bottom line here is that Americans don't believe in President Obama's leadership," said Shapiro, adding, "He has to find some way between now and November of demonstrating that he is a leader who can command confidence and, short of a 9/11 event or an Oklahoma City bombing, I can't think of how he could do that."
Shapiro's veiled warning should not be dismissed lightly. He was undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs dung Clinton's tenure in the Oval Office and also acted as principal economic adviser to Clinton in his 1991-1992 campaign. Shapiro is now Director of the Globalization Initiative of NDN and also Chair of the Climate Task Force. He is a prominent globalist who has attended numerous Bilderberg Group meetings over the past decade.
Shapiro is clearly communicating the necessity for a terror attack to be launched in order to give Obama the opportunity to unite the country around his agenda in the name of fighting terrorists, just as President Bush did in the aftermath of 9/11 when his approval ratings shot up from around 50% to well above 80%.
Similarly, Bill Clinton was able to extinguish an anti-incumbent rebellion which was brewing in the mid 1990's by exploiting the OKC bombing to demonize his political enemies as right-wing extremists. As Jack Cashill points out, Clinton "descended on Oklahoma City with an approval rating in the low 40s and left town with a rating well above 50 and the Republican revolution buried in the rubble."
Anti-incumbent fever is dominating the political climate once again, with establishment Democrats facing serious challenges from Tea Party candidates, people like Senate Democratic majority leader Harry Reid, who has a battle on his hands against Sharron Angle, a candidate the establishment media has attempted to demonize as a far-right extremist because she supports populist measures like removing sodium fluoride from water supplies and supports the Oath Keepers group, an organization centered around upholding states' rights and the U.S. Constitution.
Only by exploiting a domestic terror attack which can be blamed on right-wing radicals can Obama hope to reverse the tide of anti-incumbency candidates that threaten to drastically dilute the power monopoly of establishment candidates from both major political parties in Washington.
As we highlighted yesterday, Shapiro is by no means the first to point out that terror attacks on U.S. soil and indeed anywhere in the world serve only to benefit those in positions of power.
CNN host Rick Sanchez admitted on his show this week that the deadly bombings in Uganda which killed 74 people were "helpful" to the military-industrial complex agenda to expand the war on terror into Africa.
During the latter years of the Bush presidency, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld mused with Pentagon top brass that shrinking Capitol Hill support for expanding the war on terror could be corrected with the aid of another terror attack.
Lt.-Col. Doug Delaney, chair of the war studies program at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, told the Toronto Star in July 2007 that "The key to bolstering Western resolve is another terrorist attack like 9/11 or the London transit bombings of two years ago."
The same sentiment was also explicitly expressed in a 2005 GOP memo, which yearned for new attacks that would "validate" the President's war on terror and "restore his image as a leader of the American people."
In June 2007, the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party Dennis Milligan said that there needed to be more attacks on American soil for President Bush to regain popular approval.
Given the fact that a terror attack on U.S. soil will only serve to rescue Barack Obama's failing presidency, and will do absolutely nothing to further the aims of any so-called "right wing extremists" the attack is blamed on, who should we suspect as the masterminds behind any such acts of terror? Surely not Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief string puller, the son of an Israeli terrorist who helped bomb hotels and marketplaces, and the man who once said, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste....an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before."
Undoubtedly, the first people we should suspect as culprits in the event of a domestic terror attack in the United States are the individuals Obama fronts for, globalists who are desperate to neutralize the growing success of grass-roots movements who have ridden a wave of rising resentment against big government as a means of obtaining real political power.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/top-clinton-...
Ah, the Pause that Refreshes!
Remember the promise of "Science restored," when Obama took over from dumb ole' Bush?
Here are the Headlines now: Watchdog: Obama May Have Misused Science on Moratorium
As I thought when the "science" ruse raised its ugly head during the campaign, it turns out to be a prop to pass controversial legislation for progressives who want to destroy our nation.
Check this out: http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/US-Gu...